Christmas Festivities

Christmas festivities seemed to fill the month of December which is the way we all like it! The first grade class spent the final Thursday before school dismissed for break, on the Polar Express  All students wore their pajamas to school and their teacher dressed as the conductor. In addition to the Polar Express story activities, the students waited anxiously while other staff and students of the school located the run-away gingerbread men that had escaped from the first grade classroom before the first school bell. What excitement there was! Below the students gather around as some of the missing gingerbread men were returned to them.

 

Once all of the missing gingerbread cookies had been found the students decorated them and ate them...along with candy canes and hot chocolate!

 

 

On Saturday it was cookie baking and decorating day at Papa and Grandma's with Aunt Suzie! Below the three C's start their decorating with a few pre-baked cookies.

 

 

Taking a little break.....

 

 

 

 

Continuing with their art work.....

 

 

Now it is time to start the Santa faces, a long time tradition of Papa's family. Chris took his work very seriously and did a great job. 

 

 

Completed Santa faces done by a team of bakers and decorators. Good job three C's!!!

 

 

 

Cookie making over and we moved on to a somewhat festive dinner.....

 

 

 

Christmas Eve was spent at Aunt Jenny and Uncle Mark's. What a fun time putting this puzzle together!

 

 

 

The family favorite traditional oyster soup was served along with many other delicious items. Chloe loved the oysters and she and Papa shared quite a few! Down the hatch Miss Chloe!!!!

 

 

 

 

Chris helped out by playing the box drum during a couple of  Christmas carols, coached by cousin Brandon and Aunt Jenny.

 



 

 

 

All three played the bells for a carol or two while cousin Jesse played the drum. All in all it was a great evening of celebrating Jesus' birth!

 

 

The three C's made a gingerbread house with a kit sent to them by Aunt Jenny. 





 

Ahhh...finally Christmas morning has arrived! Lots of great gifts.....

 

 

 

Uncle Superman Jon got the three C's a fish aquarium. 

 

Another Christmas has passed but not without leaving us with lots of good times and memories. Hopefully the true message of the season stays with all of us for some time. We continue to be so thankful.....Hope you had a wonderful Merry Christmas as well.