Christmas Vacation...

Christmas vacation has begun... well at least for me and the kiddos. Both kids had a fun time at their Christmas parties. Walker was all into the craft (an ornament)...while most kids just threw stuff on... lost interest... what have you... Walker put his together exactly like the picture... causing his teacher to stay, "Well we know who does crafty things at home!"

Ainsley's classroom party is well interesting... especially when organizing 26 students. Their individualisms crack me up. I was in charge of the craft table. The idea was to put glue on a little pinecone tree with a toothpick and then attach sequins to the glue. Some kids complained that it wasn't working right... some hated to get their fingers gluey... and other put them on exacting. Ainsley's approach... drizzle glue around the tree and then with a handful of sequins drop them over the top... resulting in the most colorful tree in the classroom.

They also had a little gift exchange... the idea was to sit in a circle... everytime the words Snowman, Santa or Christmas were mentioned during a story they were to rotate the gifts in a circle. When the story ended they got to keep the gift in their lap. Ainsley opened hers... it was a stuffed animal... she was less than thrilled. The girl that got her present (Hannah Montana Stamp set) brought in the stuffed animals. They both wanted what they had orginally brought so they switched... resulting in 2 happy campers... too funny.

Baked up those Orange Cranberry Cookies this morning... jury decided they were a nice change but didn't make the tried and true Christmas Baking List.

In the process of making Chex Mix now... added some mini goldfish crackers to this year's batch... can't wait to try it out.