The Stinson Family

Justin, Heather, Hadley, and Canaan



Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Christmas Festivities

One thing that is magical about December is just all the activities/festivities associated with the Holiday.  Sometimes I look back on the month and think, did we really do all that in 31 days?  Sheesh.  At school, we celebrated "Dress like your Favorite Toy Day."  Hmmm...that really got my wheels spinning.  Luckily my super creative friend, Lacey pulled through and made these American Girl Doll boxes for all our girls.  
Hadley loved getting to be a living American Girl Doll for the day and I have to say that she made one super cute doll!
The Kindergarten Christmas Program at school was adorable and I loved getting to see Hadley perform her selection of Christmas songs, complete with hand motions.   Of course, Miss Feese was there every step of the way.  We just adore her Kindergarten teacher. 
Santa Claus even made an on stage appearance during the Program.  These kiddos had no idea he was even coming, so the oohs and aahs were just adorable.  Talk about some excited kids!   The talk around our house, for days leading up to the performance, was that she was actually getting to sing "All I want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth" when she has no front teeth at all.  The timing couldn't have been more perfect. 


I love my sweet performer.   
Granna and Grandad joined us to see Hadley in all her glory.  It is so wonderful to have family at special events to support and share in excitement for your children.  It means so much to the kids, especially.  

When my kids out-grow Christmas-themed clothing, I know I will be so sad.  The kids are always decked out in their Christmas attire for all the Sundays leading up to the 25th.  I cracked up at Canaan, one Sunday morning, when he was dressed and ready for church but decided to chill out on the couch and watch a few more minutes of cartoons.  This exact position is how I found him and I just thought he was too cute.  
The day of Hadley's Christmas Party, at school, we sported our matching scarves.  However, she was more excited about her bitty baby having a matching outfit as herself.  She stuffed the doll in her backpack to show Miss Feese but promised she would leave it in her backpack all day long, other than that,
Kindergarten parties are just too cute and I loved all the stations the kids rotated to.  Hadley made reindeer food at this particular station.  They either made Christmas crafts or food of some kind at each station.


We also got to celebrate Christmas with our sweet four year olds, in our Sunday School class, at church.  We had sweet treats and fruit and made a Christmas craft with them, as well.  These were just a few highlights from our insanely busy month.  Between celebrating the season and basketball games, we rarely had time to breathe.  But thankful to get to celebrate the Reason for the Season in the midst of the chaos! 





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