A few pics from our crazy week before Christmas

Carli wrapped up in her blanket. A little "deer in the headlights," but still cute. :) She loves her blankets! Brandon performing with the chimes team at their holiday performance. He did a great job! Kate getting into the actions during the 2nd grade sing. Watch out Broadway, she's coming!
The 2nd grade had a Polar Express Day. They made train cars and wore their pjs and slippers. They put on a parade around the school. It was a fun morning. Kate wanted her train car to be hot pink and she decorated it with her own drawings and snowflakes. Definitely not the most creative of the morning, but I thought she did a great job!
On to the class parties. Brandon's class played bingo and when they got a bingo they each got to go choose a gift from the book exchange. They had tons of yummy food, too. Here he is with the Magic Tree House book he recieved (funny, it was the same book that Kate took to her book exchange). He was excited about it. :)Kate's class did a book exchange, too. Her teacher read "Twas the Night Before Christmas" with a twist. The words "right" and "left" were added to many places in the story. They all sat in a circle and had a gift. Every time he would say "right" or "left" they would pass their book that way. At the end of the story the gift they were holding was theirs to open and keep. Cute idea and the kids had a blast with it!Here's Kate and her good friend in her class at their party.Megan's class started their party by performing "Jingle Bells" in sign language for the parents. It was really good! They knew all the words and signs. So cute!They did the funniest relay race. Megan's teacher put a glob of vaseline on each of their noses and then seperated them into 2 teams. They had to race to the chair, stick their nose in a pile of pom poms until one stuck and then run back. It was the funniest thing to watch! The kids thought it was so fun and were laughing the whole time. Here is Megan and her friend with their red pom pom noses.Here's the whole class with their noses. Megan making her reindeer craft. The parties were very fun and successful! However, next year I'm not sure I'm going to try to help with all 3 of them! It was crazy! :)