Brynleigh's special day!

In the midst of many parties and holiday craziness, today was Kindergarten breakfast day (yes, even the PM kids participate!) AND the teacher thought she could also squeeze in celebrating Bryn's 6 1/2 birthday since she is a summer baby and her half birthday falls over Christmas break!  Sooo, Bryn was extra excited for today...AND to top it all off, they got to wear jammies today! She wanted to wear slippers too, but that is where I draw the line....Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas!

Adelyn's holiday party

Ady's class put on a little program, singing a few songs and performing a couple finger plays.  Then headed back to their classroom for a fun party!  Ady sat down and her two best friends followed, Cooper and Trey.  They had a great time eating snacks, and playing with their stick gingerbread men :D

...bus drivers gifts...check!

Brynleigh, our thoughtful child, decided that not only did she want to get her teacher a Christmas gift, she also wanted to get gifts for the bus drivers.  So, I helped her come up with a little riddle, we did some creative work on the computer, and she picked out something little for them to enjoy.  She was very proud of the finished product :)

Brynleigh started basketball!

With good spirits and much delight,

Bryn's first basketball practice was Thursday night!

She started off rough but tried her best,

she picked it up fast and is taller than the rest!

The Hawks is their team name,

Bryn can't wait for the first game!

Oh Christmas tree, Oh Christmas tree....

Bryn drinking hot chocolate!

Ady pulling the sled to collect our tree

Watching Dad cutting down the tree

Sisterly love in front of the chosen tree

The finished project :D

Adelyn's "mini" shows

Translation:

10 little fingers belong to me

I can make them do things, would you like to see?

I can shut them up tight, open them wide

I can make them go hide

I can jump high, or make them jump low

I can fold them quietly and thats the show

The fish lives in the brook 

The bird lives in the tree

The home is the bestest one

like little kids like me

Oh Christmas tree...lalalala

With Christmas in Springboro quickly approaching, we are seeing more and more Christmas decorations, lights, etc.  Well, it put us in the mood to get out OUR Christmas stuff.  When it came time to put the kids trees up in their room, we were reminded again how LAME Ady's tree was...a hand me down that used to be my yearly decor on my desk at BMWFS!  So, we ran up to the mall and visited a couple of stores until the perfect tree was found, with a few trimmings of course!  Ady had such a fun time picking out things for her tree and then decorating it!!  Scroll a couple years back and you can see the tree Bryn decorated :)