Girls Weekend

The first weekend in December Isabelle and I had a "girls" weekend. The boys went hunting, so the two of us got to spend some quality time together. We had a lot of fun baking and shopping, but the highlight of the weekend was going to the Nutcracker Ballet. We went with some friends, and it was the first time she had seen a ballet. She got all dressed up and had a blast! Her favorite characters were Clara, the Snow Queen, and the Sugarplum fairies. She talked about it for days and now she gets so excited every time she hears the songs from the Nutcracker. I was glad she got to see it since she has begun to show some interest in doing ballet herself, and we are going to let her take a preschool ballet class after the Christmas holidays.

Ready for the Nutcracker:


At the ballet:


I asked her one afternoon if she wanted to bake some cookies. I kind of had in mind something fairly simple, like chocolate chip. However, she said she wanted to make sugar cookies and decorate them. So....several hours later, we had some sprinkle-decorated cookies! We had a lot of fun, though. I think one of her favorite parts of decorating the cookies is getting to eat the sprinkles!

Making cookies:


Just making sure the sprinkles taste okay: