All The Way From The North Pole!

Last Friday was our Day Care Christmas Party! We started out the day with a visit from the one and only, Mrs. Clause!!! "I had to take three airplanes to get here from the North Pole so that I could be here with you today, boys and girls!"

She was Mrs. Claus from head to toe! She came with tales from Santa's workshop, an

tlers and jingle bells and a big basket of candy canes! The kids sat and listen really well to her story and then we all got to put on antlers and prance around like reindeer! (And yes, it was official prancing.)

Then the kids got to take a seat on her lap and tell her what they wanted from C

hristmas so that she could remind Santa one last time before Chris

tmas Eve.

We all gathered for a group picture and as you can tell, Kendyl (from row) really

enjoyed Mrs. Claus! Poor little thing would burst into tears whenever Mrs. Claus said anything to her! As soon as she left, we had a nice healthy lunch: Pizza! I figured, "Hey, it's a party day

....we can be unhealthy for once."

After afternoon naps, the kids were just giddy with excitement for our party! We

have been doing the Nativity story everyday for the past two weeks now, so the kids have gotten really good at knowing what comes next and what the characters all said. So, we sat down and went through it again before the party to remember that the most important party of Christmas is the birth of baby Jesus. The parents began to arrive and join us and the kids sat down to a Christmas treat-Brownies, veggie chips, pineapple chunks and blue be

rries. The REAL crowd pleaser were the cool juice bottles with different characters on top!

After our snack, we all headed downstairs to sit by the fire, listen to some Christmas tunes and dig into the stockings that have been dangling on my banister for the past couple of weeks! The kids had such fun unwrapping all of the gifts that they had brought for each other! I've been so very blessed with wonderful, God loving families that have been so great to work with this year! They were so sweet and brought me all sorts of fun Christmas gifts~hot chocolate mixes, mugs, candy, wine, books, CDs, and gift cards! It was such a fun afternoon for families to finally meet each other and end 2010!