The Knutson's: Happy New Year

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Happy New Year

You can't start a new year without ending it with a party! So that's what we did, sort of. Our party consisted of having Kyle, Teri, and Kyri over. It was nice and simple.
The girls started off with a Mickey appetizer of apples, cheese, and pretzels in a mickey container.

Dinner a la Kyle - a delicious casserole. Cheers!

On to dessert. For Christmas I got a bunch of decorating tools, so I though we could put them to use. Bryan made 3 boxes of cupcakes - yikes! Teri got me a cupcake book filled with all sorts of creative ways to decorate. We stole lots of their ideas.

After taste-testing a few, the girls entertained us while we decorated.

Final product:

Everyone's initials for the Pajama Party on New Year's Day

Top Row: Football, Golf course, Basketball

Middle Row: Apple, Monkey, Baseball
Bottom Row: Cherry Pie, Snowman, Piggy

There is a lamb somewhere under all the marshmallows. The rest were decorated by using different piping tips.

Purple & Green grapes ~ how clever!

Kyri's new favorite thing to do is to "blow out the candle" (it's just a pretzel)

After decorating, it was game time!

Kyle & the Wii

Kyri, Aubry, & ELEFUN!

Snuggle Time? NO WAY! The Burritts left around 11, but Aubry made it until 12:18!!!

New Year's Day - Pajama Party!!

The Chefs busy making blueberry Mickey pancakes, waffles, and omlets

After brunch naps? Uncle Steve & Grandma Nancy might have thought so, but Kyri & Aubry thought it was TACKLE TIME!

Here's to a great 2011!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Those cupcakes Look so yummy and cute! Great Job guys!!and fyi 1218 what a good day that is!!!!; January 6, 2011 at 7:48 AM
Karen said...: WOW! Cupcake Heaven! Great job. I think you covered all the themes.
Happy New Year to All.
Grandma Karen; January 6, 2011 at 10:08 AM
Jenny said...: I SO want to eat one of those cupcakes. Oh, and Reese just asked when she could play in that tent. Ha.; January 6, 2011 at 1:15 PM

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About US

Welcome to the exciting lives of a high school math teacher and a traffic manager for an electric company. Follow our busy lives through our stories (usually told by Kay). It's now the FIVE of us, living our crazy busy lives, and loving every minute of it.

Bryan & Kay
Married August 11, 2007

Aubry Rae Knutson
Born April 9, 2009, 6:30pm
7 lbs 13 oz
20 inches long

Morgyn Kay Knutson
Born March 1, 2012, 8:52am
5 lbs 15 oz
17 inches long

Grady Bryan Knutson
Born March 1, 2012, 8:53am
5 lbs 10 oz
18.5 inches long

Morning Routine

I wake up between 5:15 and 5:40 to get ready for the day; am downstairs between 6 and 6:15 to check emails and watch any shows on the DVR that I am behind with. Kids start waking up around 7. The order varies; sometimes Aubry comes downstairs to snuggle for a few minutes before we go get M&G together, or, I have to get her out of bed after M&G are already up and changed. Breakfast begins. We change it up each morning between apple toast, veggie muffins, pop tarts, pancakes, cereal, and yogert. On Mondays and Tuesdays, there is no rush to get cleaned up and ready to leave; Grandma Karen arrives around 8. Other days we scramble to get hands and face washed, shoes on, coats on, toys put away, and to-go bags ready (backpacks and/or ballet bag, and diaper bag). Our goal is to be in the car ready to go by 8:15. The drop off at Grandma Nancy's is followed with dropping off Aubry at preschool at 8:55. And then I am off to work.