The last 2 days have been filled with Holiday Festivities.  Yesterday my 2 little helpers, Little I and Baby, assisted me with games at A's class party.  We then took a quick lunch brunch and headed back to the school for the school sing.  This is a high volume activity, some may need to bring earplugs.

Ward Christmas Party

 Delicious French Toast and fruit!  The 4 older daughters wanted there photo taken with there French Toast.

 A little whip cream on top.

 A blur of excitement!  The front of the line by Santa's chair.

This was a very jolly Santa.  He was GREAT!  He wore a stylish outfit with a jolly laugh and bells that jingled.  Then he pulled out of his bag a stick of laffy taffy. ??  Any candy will do I guess.  Children aren't too picky about that.  Ha.

B. sharing her list.

 Little I was so cute.  She jumped all the way up to Santa from the front 

of the line and had a huge grin on her face the entire time. 

Before she finished, she gave Santa a big hug.

 I love Santa's expression!  Later I asked M. what she and Santa had said to each other.

"I asked Santa what I did bad this year so I could fix it.  He said, no more wasting my money at the school store and fix when I played with B's yo-yo and accidentally broke it."  I wish he would've added that she needed to go to bed on time.

 A. shared her spot with Baby.  Baby had no trouble at all,

even when she was with Santa alone.

  Santa and My Pearls

Baby had her tongue out for all of the photos :)

Little Ones Christmas Party

There are 6 families that have split into 2 play groups for our little ones.  We take turns 1/week having a play date.  This week both groups came together to have a Christmas Party.  I believe all had a good time.  Below are some of the festive things we did.

"Jingle Bells"

The children made bell bracelets to shake to the music.  They loved it! 

I had a fun video of the kiddos dancing with their bells, but I can't get it to load - even with the several methods that I have tried. So here is an unfocused photo instead.

"Ice Skating"

This activity was so fun!  Everyone got involved (Kids AND Moms).  Debbie had wonderful skating music playing.  This is an activity that will be repeated in my home.

"Santa, Santa, Reindeer"

The younger children were so cute.  You could barely hear them say the words.  Sometimes they didn't, just tapped people on the head.  The older children didn't have any vocal inhibitions.

The children made sure the moms didnt' miss out on the action. 

 Craft: Making bell music makers.

Different than the ones they made at the beginning of the party.

 Delicious Rudolph

 

See?  Scrumptious!

My camera made Katie unsure of performing this stunt.  Drinking hot cocoa with a cookie as a straw.  The trick was to get the cookie in your mouth without getting the cookie or hot cocoa all over you.  Not as easy as it sounds.  The cookie melts as you are drinking.  It was very delicious though.  I know I would've made a huge mess if I didn't drop the cookie in the hot cocoa.  Maybe I'll do better next time.

 Katie did well!