More December and some other things I forgot

I found some more random pictures on the ipad that I needed to post about.  They are from November and December 2013.

Daniel thinks splashing in the bath tub is hilarious.  (Lest you think our bathtub is really moldy...for some reason they used a dark gray grout on it.  It looks fine in real life but looks dirty to me in pictures)

One day when we were out helping someone from church we found this awesome park.  The whole thing was very tall and they had really long slides and all these fun tubes to explore in.

Love Jacobs hair in this picture.  And it was FREEZING outside so I'm not
sure why he isn't wearing a coat.

Totally blurry ipad picture.  But I love how the kids are just mesmerized by the big Christmas tree in our room.

 I got to help in Annie's classroom a bunch in December.  I came and read a book and did a craft.  I read a fun version of Rudolph with great illustrations (but can't remember which one it was now...oops)  Then we made an ornament with their thumb print turned into Rudolph.

Then I got to go in again and share a holiday tradition.  They had all kinds of things shared by other families but I shared about our Advent Calendar and all the countdown to Christmas things we do.  I love that Annie's class is so small there are only 15 kids.  The whole grade is small and so she will always have small classes which is so nice.  Her first grade class is only 16 kids.

Annie helped me explain what we do with the Advent Calendar

 Then we did the activity that was in that days pocket of the calendar which was decorate cookies.  I brought cookies and frosting and little m&m's for them to decorate with.  I love going into my kids classrooms and seeing them with their teachers and friends.

David, Brandon, Ella, and Annie

Anne lost her first top tooth.  She is so much more brave about pulling teeth out than the boys are.  So funny.

Daniel somehow got in the fridge and helped himself to some leftovers.

New Years Eve

I'll admit I'm usually asleep by midnight on New Years Eve.  But this year the big kids wanted to stay up so we had fun with it.  I made a bag for each our from 8pm up until midnight with either a treat or activity inside.  This made the time go so much faster.  We just watched the ball drop at the very last second because honestly....all the lead up to that on TV is so inappropriate for kids.  We watched movies and played Mario Kart.  It was a fun night.  The kids actually stayed up even longer while mom and dad and Jacob fell asleep.  Daniel had gone to bed many hours earlier.

Thanks for the ring pops Mom!!

Big bouncy balloons and video games

Happy New Year!!