Polar Express

Tonight at church they had the Polar Express for all the kids. We got a ticket at the door and then each classroom had a different activity where they stamped our ticket. All the kids wore their Christmas PJ's. Santa was there but Emily didn't want to sit with him so we didn't get a picture . . . but she enjoyed the other activities:

Making Gingerbread houses:

Writing letters to Santa:

They also had a game room and a story time room. Emily had a great time!

In other news, Emily locked herself in her room today!!! I kept trying to talk to her thru the door to tell her to turn the little knob in the middle. She kept crying "turn knob in middle" really loud . . . so once I realized that wasn't going to work I took my side of the door knob off to see if I could tell what to do. Then I was afraid to push the other side thru and let it fall because I was afraid I was going to need it . . . so I ran and got my cell phone and asked Joe what to do. He told me to let the door knob drop on the other side and then I could just turn or push or pull the bar on the inside to open the door . . . well I didn't know what I was doing and Emily was crying louder and louder and kept trying to put the door knob back on the door . . . bless her . . . so Joe started heading this way. But about 5 minutes on the road and I figured out how to open the door!!!! So thankfully Joe didn't have to make the trip all the way home. And Emily was very glad that I got the door open. Good gracious! What drama we had this morning!!!! But I know how to take apart a door knob now : )

And because I'm always excited about a good bargain . . . I have to share this. We got a deal today to purchase $25 gift certificates to local restaurants for a cheap price. I called the restaurant to make sure it was legitimate . . . so we now have $50 gift certificates to a sushi restaurant for $4 . . . sweet!!!! I also purchased a $10 gift certificate to a fish restaurant for 60 cents and a $25 gift certificate to a Chinese restaurant for $2.00 . . . so cool! We are looking forward to using these.

Emily has been cracking me up this week because one of the party favors that we got at Anna's party was a Hell0 Kitty notebook and pens . . . that girl asks for those the second I walk in the room every morning. Here she is playing with them:

They also had their Christmas party at school yesterday. Here they are eating their lunch and playing at the train table:Emily also enjoyed trying to put her t-shirt on the other day. She walked around the living room and tried to play with her toys while she had this shirt on her head. Crazy nut!!!
Never a dull moment . . .