Christmas Party!!

We had so much fun at our Christmas party on Wednesday! The girls were really excited to visit their teacher's house for this event. :-) We baked and decorated cookies, watched a Christmas movie, enjoyed homemade pizza for lunch, played some games, and of course, sampled some of our yummy cookies. :-)

Watching Miss Follett mix up the cookie dough

Mixing, rolling, and shaping the cookie dough!

Watching a Christmas movie while the pizza was baking!

Enjoying our homemade pizza while listening to Miss Julianna tell about the animals she has seen in Africa. She definitely had their attention! :-)

Having fun exploring Miss Follett's room!

The cookies, icing and decorations are all ready - now time for chaos!!

We played a fun matching game with the Christmas presents I had for the girls. They had to turn over 2 boxes at a time to find the matching item.

Our finished cookies!

~Cally~

~Alyssa~

~Ayme~

~Sarah~

~Ella~

~Hope~

Princess Sarah

Today we celebrated Sarah's 1/2 birthday! Of course, she got to wear the princess crown. She and I were talking about how she is a princess 4 times - because all girls are princesses (smile), she is wearing a princess crown, Sarah means "princess", and she also has a princess book at home!

The girls came over to my house today for a Christmas party (pictures coming later!), so in this picture Sarah is sitting on her "throne" (her car seat :-)) while eating the birthday treat she selected from the snack machine.

Did you notice that cute little gap in her smile?! She was quite excited to show me that this morning. :-)

Christmas Tree "Hot Potato" with Grace

Grace was my teacher helper today. She did a Christmas tree "hot potato" blend game with the girls. With Christmas music playing in the background, the girls passed Christmas trees cards with blends on them around in a circle. When Grace stopped the music, if they had a certain blend, they had to shout "Christmas Tree!" She then turned the game into a "musical chair/spoons" experience. She would put the Christmas trees in the middle of the circle and then the girls would have to grab them when the music stopped playing. Whoever didn't get a blend would have to leave the circle. Hope eventually won that game through the process of elimination. :-)

Princess Alyssa

We celebrated Alyssa's 1/2 birthday today! Celebrating a 1/2 birthday basically means that the real birthday is during the summer months when there is no school. Alyssa got to wear the princess crown and receive a few special treats today so she was all for celebrating being 5 1/2! :-)

Christmas Present Word Hunt with Juliana

Yesterday Juliana was my teacher helper. She hid Christmas present letters in the hallway and the classrooms across the hall. The girls were each given a card with a word on it, and they had to hunt for the Christmas present letters that made up the word on their card. My girls always enjoy scavenger hunts!