Christmas Parties!

Yesterday was quite the busy day! It was the last day at school before break and my kids got to come to my class party! The girls in my class grabbed Gracie right away and off she went. She had so much fun. Can you find her in this clan?

She even played a game where you had to put a cottonball on your nose.
Then she posed for a picture with her team. She also had fun writing on the whiteboard. And coloring pictures. These two on the other hand, just took it all in. They ate some goldfish and stayed pretty close to me. Gracie even played "pass the present." I think she loved every minute of that party. She was so excited to come and can't hardly wait until next year when she comes to mommy's school! After that party, we headed to my 3rd grade team party at Jake and Kyle's house. Gracie was also looking forward to that party as well. And like every party we have every year there, it wouldn't be complete unless Santa Gil was there! Here is all the 3rd grade kiddos. Minus some. I know 2 little monsters who didn't want anything to do with Santa. Maybe next year...... Can you guess who those 2 little kiddos are? Santa had to leave after that, too much to do to get ready for Christmas so we headed downstairs to play! Then we also had a gift exchange with the 3rd grade kids. Cullen gave Gracie a scrapbook kit. She carried that box around all night and even slept with it last night. (We started it today by the way) Olivia gave Presley some Playdough and a kit to make food! He loves that stuff! I think maybe Luke had Evie and he got her a baby doll! We had to open it right away and play with it of course. She is such the little mommy! Evie and Presley loved the pool table. Although we had to do a lot of reminding to roll the balls. Don't worry, a couple of fingers did get smashed but everyone lived to tell about it. Then we all had fun watching the kids play Just Dance! What a riot! I think Jacob B. wins the prize for best dancer. I hope Santa gets him that for Christmas! Then we did the famous "couch" picture. This time we had 2 newbies to the mix: Cullen and Mason because Laurie joined our team this year and we just love her! She fits right in with us crazy 3rd grade gals! I think there is 12 all together. Evie, Gracie, Jake, Presley, Olivia, Jackie, Luke, Jacob, Kyle, Cullen and Mason and little Cayden who was not in the pic. By the way, if anyone ever comes to our school, don't get too comfy in the 3rd grade hallway because there is only 5 of us but 12 kids! 2 of us have twins too! Can you say fertile mrytles? And as always thank you Andrea and Mike for hosting! Mike, glad you were able to hang with us this year :) I am blessed to be able to have such happy holiday memories with the best coworkers! Happy Holidays! 2 more days!