Christmas Celebrations!

I love how Christmasy everyone looked on the Sunday before Christmas!

On Christmas Eve we had the kids act out the nativity while Rich read from the scriptures.  Lydia is such a sweet Mary.

We wrote letters to Santa and then headed to bed with visions of sugarplums dancing in their heads.

And then it was Christmas!

After breakfast of cinnamon rolls and sausages we opened the rest of our presents.

The best present was a surprise for the kids that we are going on a cruise!  After a leisurely morning we watched one of our new movies: Toy Story 4. 

In the evening Henry and Lydia loved "matching in their jammies (it was Henry's Christmas gift).

November/December Preschool

Another few months of preschool fun!  One day they had a little birthday party for Charlotte.

We did lots of fun Thanksgiving stuff at our house.  They played a game of "roll a turkey."

We also made a ginormous list of all the things we are grateful for!

We made little Mayflower boats and predicted if they would sink or float.

And we had a snack feast!

We made bracelets that told the story of the first Thanksgiving.

They read "If you Give a Moose a Muffin" and made muffins!

One day they made noodle necklaces.

We have such a fun group of kids and moms this year!

William's Eagle Project

On Friday December 6 we started the construction part of William's Eagle Project.  We spent the afternoon sanding all the boards that we needed.  William decided that we didn't need outside help so it was a whole family effort.

Saturday (the 7th) we painted and assembled.

And, of course, we had to try it out!

We even invited the neighbors over for a few games to see if it could withstand some rough play.

William asked if I would add the school logo to one of the panels.

And I added a little extra as well.

On December 13th William, James, and I delivered and assembled the finished gaga ball pit to Ms. Brock.  She was so excited to have it!  She even invited James, William, (and Colton Mathewson who happened to be walking by) to play the first official game with her!

This was a really great project for William!  We are all glad that it is finished now though!  We are proud of his hard work... now to finish up his paperwork!