Christmas Playgroup

I opened up our house to friends and playmates on Friday morning. It's so neat that the kids are able to do crafty projects now! I had stations set up and they had a blast!

Plaster ornaments to paint

Plastic ornaments to decorate with stickers

Christmas stickers and foam sheets to play with and decorate

Christmas Bingo

Showing off the stickered ornaments!

Marianne made a beautiful pink, purple and blue penguin!

 

    

Bailey and Madison were instant Barbie-doll friends!

Lona decorating her bag to take home her goodies and a group shot

Brennen had a mouthful of cookie

Lona and mommy, Sarah, reading a book.

Wyatt working on another art project.

Bailey showing off her masterpiece. Christina and Pumpkin - a cool dark shot.

     

Maddie and Nicklaus - I couldn't get them both to smile at the same time...

Wyatt and the Hat

A game of Christmas Bingo - Mommy got the hat back and Nicklaus won the game!

December 6, 2008 DPP

I threw some pictures up earlier - but they were from last night and I finally found a camera cable- so I'm rearranging.

Today was Wyatt's first time decorating Christmas Cookies! My dad is the resident cookie maker in our house and he got up this morning and made cookies for the kids to decorate. Wyatt really got into the decorating, but refused to eat them. Maddie more than made up for his lack of cookie eating, though!

I think one of my dad's favorite Christmas movies is Chevy Chase's Christmas Vacation - He tries every year to outdo the Griswalds. This year he had a lot of front yard to work with and Wyatt and Maddie are ecstatic. I love that he gets such a kick out of decorating the house and yard for them!

I took a picture of this arrangement that Maddie made in the fire place den - I'm not sure what it is, but it was picture worthy.

December 5, 2008 DPP

A very tired little girl and her tired kitty. We were laying in bed watching Harry Potter tonight (not the scary parts - we hid under the blanket for those!) - and I turned to look at her and she'd fallen asleep. Right after that Pumpkin curled up next to her and I had to take a picture with the laptop camera. It was just too precious!

I have many more pictures from today, but the battery is dead in my camera and the charger is missing.

December 3-4, 2008 DPP

ok - I got a little sidetracked yesterday - by friends, family and a very nasty migraine that very nearly required a trip to the emergency room (and since I have no coverage when it comes to headaches - you know it must have been bad!)

So here are pictures from yesterday and today :) in no particular order...

Maddie took this one of me watering the tree - it was really dark and turned out kind of funky when I fixed it.

Maddie, her new glasses from Aunt Nat Nat and our decorated tree. Check out my paper chain!

One of my many advent calendars. The kids put all of the pieces up and I decided that they could just play and rearrange it and that would be ok.

This is a really neat advent calendar that Maddie's preschool sent home. Every day you add angel and there is a vocabulary word that pertains to Christmas and a corresponding line from a Christmas carol.

The centerpiece on my table - fresh rosemary from the yard

Another Maddie picture - the kids have their own rendition of the nativity

The first decorations on the tree - maddie's hairbands.

I thought this was a funny picture - Mike laying on the ground fixing the tree

December 2, 2008 DPP

The stockings were hung...


The tinsel was strung:


I made some wrapping paper Christmas Trees


The kids enjoyed the "ramp" I "made them last night

December 1, 2008 DPP

Well here they are - my first December Photo Project (DPP) pictures. I don't think I can limit myself to just one picture, so I've chosen 4 or 5 for today...

I was hanging up jackets in the closet and Wyatt saw his life jacket hanging up. He insisted on wearing it and "swimming" on the floor in the kitchen. 

It took some teeth pulling, but Mike brought me out a few of my Christmas totes so I could start decorating some today!

On the first day of December - my best friend gave to me - A sugar plum fairy advent Christmas tree! Actually Becca made this for me last year. I've been counting down the days until I could put it up and start using it again! Thank you Becca- you are the most wonderful friend a girl could ever hope for!

This is my Christmas wreath. It was one of the first things I made as a newlywed  - once we had our own house. I love the colors and the bow and seeing it hanging on my front door!

December Photo Project

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