Reading to Joe, Jan, and Zach

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUmuaweykXQ

Toy Story Mr. Potato Head!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

We celebrated Daddy's birthday a few times.  This party was at Becky and Eric's house.  Gigi made him a delicious Carrot Cake.

Davis and I had tons of fun sticking our fingers in the icing.  I enjoyed my piece, and, as always, asked for another one.  Davis ate two bites of the icing off of his piece and was done.  Daddy enjoyed left over pieces several different mornings for breakfast. He got a new suit, sportcoat, and shoes.  Davis and I gave him some pictures of us and pictures that we made for his office.

Christmas at School

We had a "Pajama Day" at school and watched The Polar Express.
Brady and I had fun playing ball outside at recess in our pjs.

At school, I made a Christmas present for Mommy and Daddy.  I also made the wrapping paper and wrapped it all by myself!

This is definitely a special keepsake that will hang in our house every year at Christmas time!

Silly Sparky!

Sparky is our Elf on the Shelf.  He has been super silly this year!  One morning he was found reading The Night Before Christmas to all of our stuffed animals.

One morning he had gotten into our cereal, eaten a bunch of it, and wrote our names with it on the counter.

Another morning, we found him in our refrigerator, and our milk was colored red and green!  Another morning, we awoke to find our Christmas tree decorated with Dawson's underwear. hee hee hee :)

Dawson's School Christmas Performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGZSc8s5Afg

We made a Gingerbread House!

Room Mothers glued two milk cartons together, attached them to a tray, and covered them with graham crackers.  Our teachers sent home a letter requesting different types of candy and telling our parents how to make the frosting.

All of the kindergarteners met with their parents in the lunchroom early in the morning.  We spread out our candy, pulled out our frosting, and got busy working. 

Brody and I were some of the very last ones finished.  I was extremely particular with my house.  I chose the design and where all the candy was going to be placed.  Mommy covered part of the house with frosting, and I placed all of the candy on the house. 

This was one of the most fun activities we have ever done! I had a blast and have enjoyed showing it to everyone who comes to visit.  It has been a great Christmas decoration for our house!

I'm on Grandma's and Santa's Nice Lists

For now........

Talladega Christmas Parade

Davis and I counted down the days until this fun Christmas parade!  We met all of our friends on the "square" in downtown 'dega to watch the parade.

In the picture below is Gracie and Anna Grace.  In the picture above from left to right is: Addison Woodruff, Lauren Cofield, Davis, Gracie Perry, Ryals Jones, Morgan Perry, Anna Grace Jones, Parks Woodruff, Dawson, and Mali Cofield.  We are now carpooling to and from school with Mali, Gracie, and Molly Jones.

Of course, throughout the entire parade, I was TOTALLY focused on getting and eating candy.  The decorative floats and singing were lost on me.  This was one of the first parades Davis has seen, and he loved it!

McWane Center with Gigi and Becky