Here's a quick synopsis of all the fun things that we did in the the last couple of weeks before Christmas. Things seems to get busier every year, but this year it was nice that we were "ready" for Christmas so we felt like we had more time to enjoy little outings.
This is at the
Durrant Family Christmas Party. The kids went on a jingle bell walk for prizes. It was a really cute idea and the kids all loved it--very festive.
Kelsie came home from school with 3 free tickets to the Flash basketball game. (She got three so that she could go with dad and Emily. She assumed I wouldn't want to go. :) I thought that was pretty funny and telling--but we managed to get another one from a neighbor and had a great time at the game.) Carter loved it! His eyes were glued to the game the whole time and he was smiling and clapping and cheering. He is all boy. I love watching him enjoy all things boy.
We went to our third annual Gingerbread House contest at my parents. I think we lost our first place standing to Brenton and Traci--but we're still telling ourselves that we won.
Emily had her preschool Christmas program at Ms. Stacie's preschool. She was so excited for it and was just thrilled that mom, dad, and Grandma P. came to see her. We tried to make a big deal out of it since she missed her dance recital earlier in the week due to a relapse of her strep throat--I'm still really upset about it but she's over it. :) She loved being in the spotlight at the Christmas program and knew all the songs perfectly.
We had Polar Express Day at preschool wear we all wore our
jammies and boarded a train to the North Pole. I just love reading that story and acting it out with my little preschoolers--their excitement is so contagious as we read it and I always walk away feeling the
magic of Christmas.
We went to
Kelsie's Christmas sing along at her school. I did not manage to get any pics because I was trying to videotape while hauling Carter and Emily around the gym with me...and then Carter spied his friend Emmi and took off across the gym to hug and kiss her. Good times.
Kelsie sang, "All I want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" which is very appropriate, I thought. She loved it. Later, I went to her class party and helped the kids make candy cane ornaments with beads. It was lots of fun and
Kelsie insists that it was the best activity of the party--she is a sweetheart like that. :)
The night before Christmas Eve we went to see the lights at Thanksgiving Point. Carter loved it and it still talking about how Santa waved at him and Santa loves him. They had Santa's live reindeer at the Water tower and we got to feed them and pet them. It was so cool! The girls loved it and wanted to stay with the reindeer all night, despite the subzero temps. This is definently something we want to make a yearly tradition. You could just see the magic and wonder in the girls eyes.
This is at the Durrant Family Christmas Party. The kids went on a jingle bell walk for prizes. It was a really cute idea and the kids all loved it--very festive. 
Kelsie came home from school with 3 free tickets to the Flash basketball game. (She got three so that she could go with dad and Emily. She assumed I wouldn't want to go. :) I thought that was pretty funny and telling--but we managed to get another one from a neighbor and had a great time at the game.) Carter loved it! His eyes were glued to the game the whole time and he was smiling and clapping and cheering. He is all boy. I love watching him enjoy all things boy.
We went to our third annual Gingerbread House contest at my parents. I think we lost our first place standing to Brenton and Traci--but we're still telling ourselves that we won.
Emily had her preschool Christmas program at Ms. Stacie's preschool. She was so excited for it and was just thrilled that mom, dad, and Grandma P. came to see her. We tried to make a big deal out of it since she missed her dance recital earlier in the week due to a relapse of her strep throat--I'm still really upset about it but she's over it. :) She loved being in the spotlight at the Christmas program and knew all the songs perfectly.
We had Polar Express Day at preschool wear we all wore our jammies and boarded a train to the North Pole. I just love reading that story and acting it out with my little preschoolers--their excitement is so contagious as we read it and I always walk away feeling the magic of Christmas.
We went to Kelsie's Christmas sing along at her school. I did not manage to get any pics because I was trying to videotape while hauling Carter and Emily around the gym with me...and then Carter spied his friend Emmi and took off across the gym to hug and kiss her. Good times. Kelsie sang, "All I want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth" which is very appropriate, I thought. She loved it. Later, I went to her class party and helped the kids make candy cane ornaments with beads. It was lots of fun and Kelsie insists that it was the best activity of the party--she is a sweetheart like that. :)
1 comment:
Cool! That Thanksgiving point with live reindeer looks awesome (even if you "don't believe in santa" like me :) I want to know more about that jingle bell hunt, too, K? You guys sure do lots of fun stuff, Andrea!
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