School Christmas Parties

I helped out with Hannah's Christmas party on the Friday before they got out of school.  I was pleased that all three of the girls' Christmas parties were at different times this year so that we could be at all of them.  

We started out the party by making Gingerbread houses.  The kids had fun but it didn't go so well.  This is Hannah's table for the moment.  They switch them around every couple weeks it seems like, but Remy and Penny are her two best friends at school (the ones she talks about all the time) and they both happen to be at her table right now, so that's fun!  Remy is across from her and his mom is an amazing 1st grade teacher at our school.  I would be so excited if Hannah got his mom as a teacher next year.  Penny is sitting to Hannah's left and her mom is a speech therapist at our school.  

This was Hannah's finished product.  Ha!  

After "making" and eating the Gingerbread houses it was time to get their gift from their Secret Santa.  They had so much fun giving a gift to one of their friends (they had to keep the gift to under $5)....they had all drawn a name at their Thanksgiving party.  

Hannah got this cute book and had me read it right in the middle of the chaos.  A few of her friends started listening too!  

I enjoyed getting to be there with my sweet kindergartner!  

Claire's school performance and party was on the morning Tuesday the 19th.  Mommies and daddies and grandparents were all packed in the room to see their little three year olds.  I caught Claire signing "I Love You" to her Daddy just before they started singing.  She left it there for awhile.  She was so excited to have both of us there.  

This age is so cute to watch.  The little boy to Claire's left kept bending over and then standing up and pulling up his shirt.  Ha!  There is a mom in the corner of this picture who was trying to talk her son into singing, but he couldn't be convinced.  They have 10 cute kids in their class.  

We loved getting to be there to cheer on our girl and we appreciated Ms. Sherry watching Abby.  The school asks that you not bring siblings to parties, which is a bit of a pain, but it is fun to have one on one time with our little preschooler.  

Emily's party was the same day as Claire's but in the afternoon.  Ms. Sonja came over to watch Claire and Abby was napping the whole time.  I only got this ONE picture at Emily's party.

They had fun eating Christmas themed food and rotating to different stations.  We had two craft stations and two game stations.  Emily was especially excited about the ornament that she made.  

I had so much fun getting to celebrate Christmas with all my girls and their friends.  All three parties were super cute and sweet!