White Christmas

I officially kicked off my Christmas vacation last night. We went to White Christmas at the Buell Theatre in Denver. It's always been one of my favorite movies, so I was a little nervous that it wouldn't live up to my expectations, but it was wonderful! A perfect girls' night out with Lori, Shannon, and Missy.

Now Jake and I are on our way home!

Christmas Time is Here...

We had our little family Christmas tonight, it would be just too much to take all of this to Fargo with us. It was also nice to let Belle open her presents without so much commotion going on.


Belle got a singing Hannah Montana card. (Despite the look on her face here, I think this was almost as popular as all the other presents)


And a Hannah Montana game I made her an apron to match my "Gourmet Goddess" one
AND she got her own digital camera (which meant she had to take a picture of each individual present)
One of Belle's first photos...
Can't wait to see you all next week! I don't know how I'm going to make it through 5 more days of school !?!


P.S. I finally got my KitchenAid Stand mixer (isn't it pretty?)

Merry Christmas!

I saw this at Target and thought it was so funny that I bought it just so I could put on my bulletin board!

The Assistant "Cheft"

Belle and I have been baking like crazy. BUT, I have cold and I'm feeling really tired, so after a while she said just write me some directions (NOT IN CURSIVE) and you can go sit in the living room with dad. So I did, with one eye on the kitchen ;). She did a really good job, after I explained that forming the cookie dough into a ball didn't mean one BIG ball, and the cookie scoop was not the ice cream scoop... It is so much fun to watch her process things!
She has been fascinated by my school since she came with me this spring, so I think she was feeling like a teacher when she was working in the kitchen "by herself" she asked us to call her Mrs. Sinkler, "I mean Miss Sinkler, cuz I'm not married!"

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

We had a beautiful day yesterday (cold, but beautiful). I've always loved how the first snow makes everything look so clean! Jake had to take a call for work so I went with him and wandered around Boulder, it was awesome because of the falling snow and hardly any people were out.

Belle-ism

Jake and Belle were watching the news last night and a story came on about the proposed ban on spanking in Massachusetts. Of course, this kind of thing makes Jake really angry, but he turned to Belle to get her opinion. "Do you think some kids need a spanking if they are being really naughty?" he asked. She thought about it for a minute and said, "not in this house!"

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We miss our family very much and wish we could all be together today, hope you all have wonderful celebrations. In the wise words of Belle, the best part of Thanksgiving is being thankful for our family and friends. Keep in mind, the first part of that conversation revolved around her drooling over our pumpkin pies, she very nearly said pumpkin pie is the best part of Thanksgiving. Then I think she caught herself and realized what she should say! Love you guys.