December Highlights

I can't believe it's almost Christmas!  We had some fun highlights that I wanted to share with you before Christmas arrived.

1. Candy plates!  I have made a couple of these this season and the kids love them!  I add all the Christmas candy to my grocery pick up list and then make a yummy candy plate to take to parties.  There's something for everyone - peppermint, sour, sweet, wrapped and unwrapped.  This would be so fun to do for any holiday or kid gathering.

2. Road trip to Santa Claus!

We made the 45 minute drive to meet my parents in Santa Claus, IN for the day.  We hung out at their house, visited the Santa musuem, headed to get candy + Iced hot cocoa at Santa's candy castle and watched the birds and deer.  Fletcher got to help feed them with my dad.  A good day wa had by all of us with Mimi & Papaw.

3. Stocking stuffer exchange!  We did a fun activity with my class.  We asked anyone that wanted to participate to send in a small item for each of their classmates.  The families sent in the cutest things - sticker sets, painting kits, sticky hands, snowman making kits, hot chocolate, etc.  The kids were able to pass out the things they brought in and then each kid went home with a really generous treat bag of prizes at the end of our class Christmas party!

4. I felt SO loved and appreciated at Christmas time in my classroom!

5.The games for our class Christmas party were so fun!  I planned the party, parents donated the needed supplies/ingredients and then parents helped manage the party.

6. We had the best time cheering for our favorite teams - ND & IU in their playoff game on Friday night.  As soon as I mentioned hosting a party, Olive said she'd take care of the invitation.  Look at perfect it turned out!  She's a Canva master and I'm so thankful.

We all wore our ND gear and were excited to see how the game played out.

Kevin surprised me with a red moscato for IU that was delicious!

Everyone pitched in and helped me pull a meal of game day foods together.

Yum!

7. We've been enjoying all the fun holiday things this week.  The kid's couldn't wait to make this penguin hot chocolate.  He was so cute and they said the hot chocolate was yummy!

Now I'm off to wrap gifts, bake treats, go to our Christmas Eve service and family Christmas dinner tonight.  Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!