Our ward Christmas party was focused on the Savior and his birth. As a member of the RS Activity Committee I did a lot of work leading up to this night. It was a relief when it was finally over! I think that people really felt the spirit that night. We brought the wagon in and let the twirls stand in it while they ate their dinner. It actually worked out really well and the other little kids kept flocking to the wagon! haha!
We decided not to invite Santa to come this year so that the nativity could be the main event. During our live nativity program I sat by the pianist and did all the tech stuff (that took me a few hours earlier that day to get running smoothly - I really felt like a nerd that day!) I was grateful I was behind the piano because I was bawling like a baby! Luckily our actual babies weren't bawling. In fact, my friend sent her 13 yr old son to help Jake and he held Siena the whole time and she loved it!
Christmas Decorations
We set up our magnetic countdown calendar (thanks Snort!)
Then I cut them down to fit inside our outdoor LED lights:
I loved the holiday effect! Total cost <$5 and the set up/take down was less than 20 min!
We put our Christmas tree on the shelf in the family room and taped the legs to the table so it wouldn't get tipped over if little hands pulled on it (which they did). We have debated about getting a big tree, but this little guy works just great for our family right now. :-) Plus it's super easy to store! We have 2 little nativity sets for toddlers and I caught the girls in there playing with them all the time. I loved to see Scarlett setting the animals all around baby Jesus. So sweet!
The Canton city put on a Breakfast with Santa that you could pay for. I gave Jake the option of going to the mall and paying for pictures or paying for the breakfast. Either way we'd get a photo with Santa for about the same cost, so he picked the breakfast.
They had a balloon lady come around and make something for every kid.
There were several activities and crafts for the kids - the twirls just wanted to run around (and usually opposite directions from me!)
The kids went to a big window to watch Santa arrive in a fire truck! Jake took Scarlett to go watch - he said when she saw Santa she started shaking with excitement! Then we went in line to see Santa. Scarlett found all the girls' names in Santa's book - spelled correctly!
Token family photo with Santa:
Scarlett got a chance to tell Santa what she wanted. I've never seen her so nervous. She couldn't even move her lips, she barely opened her mouth and whispered "doctor's kit". It was so cute!
3 comments:
you are a genius with your Christmas lights. I want to be you when I grow up. I also love that you said you gave Jake an option. If Nate had an option, it wouldn't be picking one, it would be not to go at all!
Okay, I love the idea of our lights; way to go. Told Paul we needed to be copycats. Of course that means getting some decent yard lights to begin with. Cute Christmas pix. Glad Scarlett didn't desolve into terrifed tears when she saw Santa; that's awesome.
Love the lights, and I love the pic with Scarlett and Santa. She is too cute!
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