Lincoln's 5th Grade Christmas Party

 I am the co-room parent for Lincoln's class.  We did some fun things for his Christmas party.  I was in charge of the games and thanks to Pinterest, we had some good ones. 

 This one was using chopsticks to transfer marshmallows into a chinese take out box. 

 These are Lincoln's two best friends Wesley and Cory.

 This game the kids had to draw pictures on the back of a plate while it was on their head.

 Not bad!

 This game was the funniest.  They had to put vaseline on their noses and then the end of a ribbon in their mouths and get the red pom pom on their nose like Rudolf.

 It was so fun to watch!

 Victory!

 I was impressed that his teacher, Mr. Walden, did the games with the kids.  Lincoln has thought he was a pretty good teacher.

 Decorating sugar cookies is a classic.

 Mr. Walden even did the Rudolf Nose game.

I didn't get an after picture of Lincon's Christmas ornament, but it was great.  I love being with my kids in their classes and seeing how the interact with everyone. 

Christmas Card Picture 2015

 I have a long list of Christmas Card pictures  that I want to take with my boys.  This one has been near the top of the list for a few years.  When Josh built our lemonade stand, we made a couple of extra signs including this Hot Cocoa one.  

 I just wish that we had a bit more snow...or any snow. Even some cold weather would be good. 

 This is probably one of the boys' favorite shoots because they got to drink hot cocoa and eat candy canes through the whole thing.

Hunter's Chorus Concert

 Hunter was pretty excited to be in the school choir this year because they sang at a Braves game.  The sad thing was...it was on Sunday so he couldn't do it.  He still hd a good time learning the songs and he really liked the Christmas program they put on. 

 The program was so good and the kids were darling.

 I'm pretty crazy about that kid.

 Their choir teacher Mr. Thomes is so great with the kids.  He was teacher of the year this year and I know why.  They all think he's awesome.

 Palmer had to be at play practice so he missed the concert, but the other boys were pretty impressed. 

This kid is the cutest!

Hunter's Christmas Tree Farm

 A family in our ward owns a Christmas tree farm (the Hunters.  Hunter kept saying it was his farm), which in itself is pretty awesome.  We headed up there to do some crafts, ride horses and get some greenery (one day we will have a live tree...not this year).  Hunter and McKay were thrilled with the crafts they made.  They were ornaments out of sawed curcles of the trunks of trees.  

 Hot cocoa was a plus (although as you can tell fromthe lack of long sleeves...it wasn't too cold :)

 The whole farm smelled like Christmas trees...heavenly.

 That Karate Kid move tends to show up in a lot of my pictures.  They had to try in on the old stumps.

 This goose was scaring the horses, so the boys (and their papa) were pretty excited to chase him away.  

 We love horses!  It was so fun for the boys to get to ride them this morning.

It was a perfectly Christmas-y day.

McKay's Class Christmas Party

 McKay had a great Christmas (or as the school makes them call it "winter") party.  

 Making ornaments.

 Reindeer food with his best buddy Garrett (you better believe we put that out for the reindeer).

 McKay's little buddy Lucas came up and asked me to take a picture with the two of them.

 Bingo

 Mini golf with candy canes and presents.

 These two are the best.  Mrs. Stephens and Mrs. Catia have been such wonderful teachers this year.