More Christmas Festivities

As Hannah Claire gets older we are trying to teach her the fun of giving. Since we were making some yummies for her teachers at school, she helped in the making. She loved it! We made some White Trash (chex, pretzels, cheerios, peanuts and white chocolate. She mixed up all of the dry ingredients for us.

She nibbled some too.

She did a great job and was very proud of her handiwork. Hopefully she will learn that the true fun is in giving instead of receiving. Afterwards we went out to see Christmas lights. We got a prime spot for the best house with lights that flash to music through your radio.

Hannah Claire was thoroughly enjoying it until...she had to go potty. Ugh, the disadvantages of being potty trained. We called our friends Ron & Emily to see if they were home so we could make a quick pit stop. That of course turned into a visit with warm chocolate cake and milk. It was delicious!!! By the time we left it was way past HC's bedtime so we headed back home. We had a great time crashing the Cryer's quite evening.

The next day was Hannah Claire's Christmas party at school. They all wore their pj's (HC refused to wear her Christmas pj's, insisting on her Cinderella pj's) and snacked on a bunch of junk food. They were in hog heaven.

Afterwards they played. It is so funny to see the rambunctiousness of a child when both parents and teachers are there. It's like they sense the power struggle and just go crazy. Needless to say, they were having a great time!

Daddy even stirred them up some.

Poor Ms. Misty tried to steal a seat and all the kids jumped on board. They kept yelling "we are going on a hay ride". It was great fun until Austin felt a little squished and gave Leah a push to make more room. We actually caught him red handed in our pictures. Whoops!

After some tears, at time out and an apology things were back to fun again.

Hannah Claire has had Mrs. Karen for the past two years as her teacher. Mrs. Wendy is her other teacher this year but she missed the party because of the flu reeking havoc on her house. Ms. Misty was back for the party (HC's other teacher from last year). Hannah Claire loves all of her teachers and we are thankful for that!