A few more holiday happenings...

 There are many more pics of this cutie dance performance, but my mom has them.

(mom, I can't take from shutterfly, email a few, please)

Adly and her sweet friend, Nealie

 Playdate w/ Hailee

Christmas tile painting

 & a little wii, of course!

 We went here the other day.  So cute!  Reasonably priced too.

 Decorated cupcakes...& a little apron

 I love these cheap little foam kits!  I need low temp glue guns though.

"The Reason for the Season"

I may put all the other fun Christmas time activities up after the fact.  Sorry!

Hope yours is merry and bright!!

p.s.  I'm sad that Rod is leaving us in 1 day.  Adly is really sad!  We've gotten attached.

Christmas time w/ Adly (& a little Holt mixed in)

Christmas Program at Zachary Scott w/ friends...

Ornament Advent w/ our Hobby Lobby "A Tree of my Own"...

 preschool Christmas program

 saying good-bye to sweet Mrs. Garrett before Christmas break...

 Terri, Missy & Pappy came...Mimi & Biggin &  Daddy too

 Gigi's cupcakes opened (in 1890 Ranch)...soooo good!!! Mmmmmmm

more to come...

Gingerbread house crafting...

A fun tradition every year.  This year we made them w/ Cole & Avery. 

"Gingerbread House Village"

 & ate a little too...



Thoughtful Thursday...

before it comes again...

Here's what we did this past Thursday...

Candy cane hearts...mmmmm...

Thanks, mom.  & Pinterest!

Elf on the Shelf...a side note

 We LOVE our Elf.  His name is Rod.  Have you seen the new Elf on the Shelf movie?  It is perfect and shows the elves getting boxed for the store shelves.  One elf even says "I'm going to the book store b/c apparently families go there to shop for elves."  They show the same packaging and everything.  It is perfect for my kids and their ages b/c I knew the questions would come and wasn't sure whether to try to hide it or make something up.  But now, I don't have to.  So smart!!! 

We LOVE our Rod!!

Vomit

Yep! Now my kids have it. It's lovely. No pretty post pics for now. :(

Thoughtful Thursday...

Now that December has begun, Thoughtful Thursday starts...the name is new, but most of the concept is not.  Every December we usually cook/bake things for community helpers (firemen, dr., teachers, vet, etc.) & deliver them.  But this year we are adding making something for someone.  We'll do some sort of craft and on that day, all we make goes to others.  They can pick anyone to send them to, but it's all about being thoughtful...which is hard to teach and so important to learn!  We talked about what being "thoughtful" meant.  They did good!

First craft...

beaded candy canes

We also started our advents yesterday.  The new addition is these cute books...

 The first page is a cute advent, then there are tons of stickers for cute Winter/ Christmas scenes.  They LOVE them!!  I've gotten Adly the dress up books of these and they entertain and help fine motor skills.  Really cute!!!  I've only seen them at Learning Express.  This one is from Usborne books.

Happy December!!