Class Christmas Parties

Adrian decorating a Gingerbread cookie

Adrian and his teacher, Mrs. Nusbaum

Morgan and her teacher, Mrs. Boyd

Yesterday afternoon the kids had their class Christmas parties. I was able to go from one class to the other to try to help set up and visit. Adrian's class made ornaments, decorated Gingerbread cookies, and played "tape the button on the Gingerbread Man". Morgan's class had a smorgasbord of food and played "Pictionary". Both classes celebrated birthdays. Adrian's class celebrated Bella's birthday and Morgan's class celebrated Mrs. Boyd's birthday.

Morgan's Induction into Brownie Girl Scouts

Thursday afternoon Morgan was inducted into the Brownie Girl Scouts. She has been going to meetings and events since the beginning of the school year but the actual pinning ceremony was Thursday. They combined this event with the Christmas party for the troop. Andy was able to leave work early so that he could be there also. Morgan was presented with several patches that she has earned.

Christmas is Coming

It actually snowed a little bit here last week. I was sitting at the breakfast table with Morgan and Adrian helping with homework after school last Wednesday when Andy called from Anadarko to see if it was snowing at the house because he could see some from his office window. The kids and I went on the back deck and sure enough there were some snowflakes interspersed with the light rain. It did not accumulate or anything but technically it was the first "real" snow either of the kids had ever seen. They had played in manmade snow at ELP and at Market Street but that is really just shaved ice. It would have been nice if there had been a little accumulation so they could have made snowballs or something but maybe next time.

Last Thursday after school I took the kids to the iceskating rink by Market Street so they could skate with Morgan's Brownie troop. It was the first time Adrian had ever been in ice skates. Morgan had gone ice skating once when she was 22 months old but that hardly counts. There were walkers so the kids could practice getting the feel of skating. After going around a couple of time with the walker Adrian was ready to go it alone. Morgan, however, didn't want to try skating without either the walker or the wall to hang on to. She said she enjoyed the experience nonetheless. We got free hot chocolate to sip but I think the highlight of the trip was watching the Zamboni smooth the surface of the ice.

Saturday morning we all went to the Anadarko Children's Christmas party. The kids got their picture taken with Santa, decorated penguin-shaped sugar cookies, got their faces painted, ate goodies, and did a craft. It was fun as usual. That afternoon we headed to Brian and Erika's for their annual "Lights in The Heights" party. It was great to see everyone again. We walked around for a little while to see the lights and decorations and then headed back home where we all turned in rather early for a weekend.