kids work party

matt's little company has always been very generous with Christmas parties. they always have a fun adult party and a separate kid one. we were super late to the kid party his year, we walked in as santa was walking out. we had just enough time to grab a cookie and open our presents.
someone was excited.

all she'd talked about was getting an elsa doll, and when we walked in i saw little girls with all sorts of frozen dolls, so i thought we might be in business. we weren't. she got an olaf icee maker, which was very cute, but very not needed. not that any toy would be, but you know. a: my kitchen is bursting at the seams with all my fun appliances, b: i am an icee snob, i only like shave ice, not icee ice, and c: though she loved her gift, it's not a toy, and she would have been bored within 5 minutes. so i convinced her not to open it and we made a little trip to target later that week. does that make me a bad person? or just efficient? i choose efficient.

addie got a "beado" craft machine. loves it!

and little laney?

the coveted elsa doll! on our little trip to target, we picked little sister up an anna doll and then traded. slightly complicated, but in the end, everyone was happy. until frankie decided she needed an anna doll instead of elsa, but that's another story.

i.love.laney's.face. there was something real good on tv, that's all i know.

we've made some fun beado projects. we've also dropped the fun beado beads all over the floor several times. still fun though, and now with their sweet new art desk, they'll have plenty of places to put all their fun toys.