School Christmas Party

I was lucky enough to be able to help out all day! Man, do 22 Kindergarteners sure wear you out! I was exausted by the end of the day that I came home and took a nap. Now I know why that first week of school David did the same thing! Anyway, at 9am they all went to the cafeteria for a sing along. (Can you say, "public school chaos?") At about 10am they came back to the classroom and had a cupcake and made glitter trees. Then, at 11am they had a pizza party for lunch and headed outside for recess. At noon Santa came! I thought it was really funny because when we had our ward christmas party David knew that it was his grandpa. Today at school, he couldn't keep his eyes off of this "different" Santa and smiled the whole time! It was great! He didn't even wait to be called and just got right up there and sat on his lap! Only a couple of kids were actually able to sit on his lap, but they sang "Rudolph, the Red nosed Reindeer" to him before he left. After Santa left, the kids took turns passing out the little goodies they brought from home to put in each others stockings! Off to PE at around 1pm and when they came back they made cute little reindeer hats! Somewhere between all of the fun, the office decided they wanted to do a fire drill! Some of the girls were scared and one of them was crying almost hysterically! After all of the commotion, we headed back into the classroom to gather everything together to go home! All in all, it was a pretty well behaved class considering all that was going on. I would have to say that the day was pretty good!

Monkeying Around!

All my kids like bananas, but Hailey likes to take bigger bites than she probably should. She was also trying to say cheese with the whole wad in her mouth! I thought it was pretty funny! Anyway I thought she looked like a monkey while eating it.

Ward Christmas Party

We had our ward Christmas party on Sat. at 6pm. Of course, having kids you know that they tend to run on their own schedule! Anyway, we didn't get there until 6:45pm but luckily Gordon and I had already eaten. The Primary put on a cute little presentation and David got to hold the star of David! My camera was not able to capture the "Oh, So Sweet" moment, but I was able to capture pictures of them on Santa's lap. Matthew cried last year, but Hailey was the cryer this year.

Thanksgiving!

I would like to announce that I actually made my FIRST Thanksgiving spread! I am the youngest of my family and have been married for 8 years, but with family living nearby I have never had to make Thanksgiving dinner. (Sad, I know.) But this year my in-laws went to Utah to visit their daughter! Since my parents live in Payson we weren't planning on having dinner until Saturday! I told Gordon I wanted to try to fix Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday! We went to the store and bought all of the things we wanted and went home to start defrosting the turkey. Little did we know after defrosting for awhile that our turkey was Cajun spiced! We decided to go ahead and cook the turkey to see how it tasted. After about 4 to 4&1/2 hours of filling our house with a great smell, it was done with all the fixings! I was very pleased with how everything looked. We tasted the dark meat first and MAN was it spicy! I had to drink a glass of milk afterward and it didn't really help. We decided to taste the white meat to see if it was any better. It was still pretty spicy. After everything was put on the table we ate the turkey smothered with gravy and mashed potatoes (rice for Gordon). It was bearable that way but you could still taste the kick it had! Anyway, I still had fun and I am definitely going to try again next year!

Turkey Trot!

Every year at school they line the kids up and have them race for fun! Of course they don't give prizes or ribbons or things like that until 3rd grade. Here is a video of David running with his blue jacket on and his orange pants. I counted and he came in 10th place, I think. (Sorry, I'm pretty competitive!) Hope you like it!

Halloween

Okay, I know it's late. But, better late than never, right? Here is a picture of the kids in their costumes. I actually took them around the neighborhood this year!A couple of days earlier we carved pumpkins! Actually Gordon did the carving, the kids did the drawing. Matthew and Hailey colored a small pumpkin that David got from school. David got to color a bigger one we bought at the store.

Building Vocabulary!

I love the fact that Hailey is starting to have more personality! Here is a clip that David says, "Hailey, say dog?" and then she barks! It is totally cute!