Cracker Barrel

As most of you know, my dad has been off of work since the end of April.  He has been accepted for disability because of memory and confusion issues.  He has been, for the first time in my life, around for all of the holidays and is really enjoying being relaxed and loving being with the kids!  He asked us to join he and my mom to make the journey to the Baytown Cracker Barrel to see his employees and show off his grandchildren!  He loved being in his element and was so loved by his employees!  They loved seeing the kids that they had heard so much about!  It was so neat seeing the kitchen crew come out in small groups and just hug on dad and tell him how much they love him and miss him so much!  The back of the house employees have always been so important to my dad!  It was so great to see him in his element! 

Nutcracker Party

In order for the girls in the Daisy troop to get a Nutcracker patch, they had to watch a live or recorded story of The Nutcracker.  The parents got together and decided to have a Nutcracker Party for the girls!  We had it at one of the girls' house and it was so cute with food geared toward the story, viewing the Nutcracker Barbie movie, and a ballerina even came to teach the girls some ballet steps!  It was a very fun day and was so cute to see all of the girls so excited!
Great job Tracie planning all of the decorations and food!

All of the girls piled on one couch to watch the movie!

A real ballerina came to teach the girls!

By the end of the movie, they were all standing up dancing with Barbie

Brooklyn's Class Party

Because I work part time this year, I have been able to be very involved in Brooklyn's kindergarten year!  I am so thankful for the chance to be involved this year and develop relationships with the kids in her room and her teacher.  I got to join them for their Christmas Party this year and it was tons of fun!  They do things very different in Klein!  The homeroom parents come up with fun games to play during the party instead of just eating during the party!  There are snacks but the emphasis is not on the snacks but on playing the holiday games and doing crafts and such!  I loved it!  We did the Reindeer Pokey, we played a Snowball Game, and we played the Number Game!  There was fun music and all of the kids got to get up and dance with each other and with Mrs. Hutson!

Ready for her Christmas Party day!

Floppy Eared Reindeer!

The Number Game!

Snowball Game!  Like my nose?!

The Reindeer Pokey!

Snack time with Aaron, Tucker, and Madi!

Dancing with Mary Ann

Mrs. Hutson joined in the fun!

Ethan and Brooklyn were twirling and everything!

Mrs. Hutson saying Thank you for her gifts and telling the kids how much she will miss them!

Colson's Pajama Day

The last day of school, Colson had a pajama party for his class Christmas party!  They brought a book to exchange during a fun game with friends, Chic-fil-a catered nuggets for all of the kids, and they had fun with cupcakes!  Colson loves his friends at school and his loving teachers and we are so grateful for them all!  He has had such a great year this year full of learning and structure...now if we could just get him to take a nap!  Thank you Mrs. Linda and Mrs. Terrie for a great start to the year!

Ready for his PJ day!

This is his best bud Levi!

Colson with Mrs. Linda

This is the book he got during the exhange!

Pin Ceremony for Daisies!

Brooklyn received her first pin and patch in our December meeting!  It was so neat to see the girls get their first pin and build their troop banner during the ceremony!  Each mom got to help their daughter and place the pin on their daughter's vest!  Very fun!  Thank you Tracie for the pictures...I forgot my SD card!

Brooklyn reading the Girl Scout Promise

 

Brooklyn got to start the banner!

Getting her pin!

Brooklyn's friend Karianne

Happy Brithday Jesus!

With all of the fun of Santa surrounding the holiday season, we have always felt it vital for our kids to understand why we celebrate Christmas and what the day is really for and about.  They both know it is a celebration of our Saviors birth and LOVE going to celebrate at the Birthday Party for Jesus at church!  Curt and I were not able to be there this year because of being invited to the game, but Laurie took great pictures of the kids and I hope to get more from my parents!  I am so proud that the kids know all about the story of the birth of Jesus!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!

Our favorite Santa helper!  The kids know Bro. Al has been chosen by Santa to be a helper in Texas!  They love Bro. Al and have such a special relationship with him!

Colson telling Santa what he wants!

Brooklyn telling Santa what she wants!

Our Santa Videos

Santa sent both kids a video from the North Pole!  They both were on the Nice list and were so excited to find that out!  Colson couldn't believe that Santa mentioned throwing silly tantrums in his video...Santa really is watching!  Brooklyn couldn't believe that Santa knew about her trip to Memphis this summer!  They were so excited!  When Brooklyn watched, she cried happy tears because she couldn't believe it!