Christmas Eve, our church had a special service. Despite the fact Kelly loves dressing up (on her own), she dreaded dressing up in public as a shepherd. However, once she got up there with the other kids, she had fun. Chris, of course, did it as his duty, but also pretty much had fun.
The next day, we celebrated the coming of Jesus as a human! Hooray! The kids got a couple special treats, including new beanbags and stuffed animals. As per usual, the bean bag boxes lived on many weeks afterwards for various building projects.
For all of 2008, Kelly has been wanting to have a "Restaurant Night" - to turn our house into a restaurant for the neighbors with a real menu with real choices. We (and the neighborhood guests) really had a blast, but boy, it is a lot of work in the kitchen to be a short order cook and dishwasher!! Afterwards we played games with the "customers."
The next day at church we hosted a year-end party for all the kids (random kids photographed). Also, this marked the transition for all our elementary teachers - our 4-6th grade teachers are taking a break, the 2-3rd grade teachers (including Robert!) are "moving up" to 4-6th grade, and the K-2 teachers will now take on a "leaner and meaner" set of K-3rd graders!
Another day, another sleepover - Kelly's best friend Brianna and neighborhood friend Miranda enjoy a jack-in-the-box moment in the beanbag box (see above).
Chris has wanted to get his friends together for a day of world conquest - Risk! A truly incredible games in that everyone had fun, even those who went out early. Part of that was the good nature of the kids playing, part of it was the prizes Stacey had for every player as the went out, and part of it was that the DS's could come on as each player went out! Chris came in third, while the oldest boy, Jediah, was ruler of the world on this day.
We had to get some winter in, even if it was indoors! On New Year's Day, Robert took Kelly with her friend Portia and mom to the Pasadena Ice Arena. Even though it was only a block from the Rose Parade, by 1 PM the throngs of people had cleared, and a cool spin on the ice was a nice change of pace. Kelly did a great job on skates, even though she's only done it a few times. Look out Michelle Kwan!
As always, the time went too quickly, but it was great to have a winter break without going anywhere exotic!
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Looks like you've had a busy couple weeks...and a lot of fun!
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