Kick off to Christmas

On Wednesday night Bishop had a playdate after school with one of his friends so Nora and I made Christmas cookies and enjoyed getting ready for Christmas! She was such a great helper--until she burned her finger on the pan (and it blistered)! Poor girl has had some bad luck with burns!

Friday night my HS friends went out for dinner! It's always such a fun time to re-connect with these life long friends! Luke had a whiskey party that he took the kids to so I was thankful he allowed me to spend a time with my friends! We met for HH at Eat Street Social and had dinner at The Copper Hen in Mpls!

Saturday was a busy day! We started the day going to the annual Toys for Trees event hosted by Coldwell Banker Realty. The kids got to see Santa for the 1st time, have their faces painted, eat a few cookies and pick out our tree! We picked another good one and the kids were awesome helpers decorating the tree! We even had time to go out for lunch before Grandpa and Grandma came to bring them to their house for a sleep over!

That evening we hosted our friends for our annual Christmas Dinner! There were 21 this year and it was a very fun evening! Raul cooked a delicious meal and it was fun catching up and connecting with everyone!

I met Rich and Eileen on Sunday to pick the kids up and we came home and made more Christmas cookies and then delivered them to some neighbors!

Licking the batter is the best!

Reindeer cookies

Bishop and Nora adore our neighbors!!

It was a fun "kick off to Christmas" weekend and we are excited for what the next month will bring!