A Friday FULL of Christmas...

Well, technically this first set of pictures didn't take place on Friday (Dec 19), but on Tuesday (Dec. 16). These pictures are from Drew's preschool Christmas Party! In the first picture, Drew is blessing his food. In the second, he is raising his hand for more of something. In the third, he is enjoying the green icing on his cupcake!

As for Friday, we had a busy, busy, day! We started out by having BREAKFAST WITH SANTA at Greentree Elementary with Cade.

Here you see Drew having a conversation with Santa...he was a little fidgety! He told Santa he wanted a BIG truck like his Daddy's for Christmas! Anything to be like Daddy!!

About an hour later, we went back to GTE to take pictures with Santa...

About an hour-and-a-half after pictures with Santa, we headed back to GTE for the Jingle Bell Trot where we ran/jogged for about 20 minutes trying to win that spirit stick again for Cade's class. Mike ran while pushing Drew in the stroller. Cade and I ran/jog/walked together. The weather was so YUCK! Very humid, muggy, and hot...not the kind of weather I enjoy exercising in!!

A couple hours later, we were back at GTE for Cade's Christmas Party! Here is Cade decorating and then tasting his sugar cookie...Cade is not a big icing fan, so Mike and I ended up enjoying his cookie!!

Next, Santa entered the classroom with a bag full of goodies! He called each child one-at-a-time by name to come up and receive their book. Here is Santa passing out books and Cade showing me his book...
After that, it was game time! They played the game by sitting in a circle and passing a wrapped "gift" around the circle while music played. When the music stopped, whom ever had the gift was to unwrap it...this went on for a while as the "gift" was present nestled within another present and so on. The last present to be opened was full of candy canes and tattoos...each child received a candy cane and a tattoo. Here is Cade opening the very first box...

and then showing off his tattoo...

Drew was so worn out by the end of the day...he found a comfy place to "rest" until the party was over!!

I usually have to teach preschool on Fridays, but my last day of preschool was Tuesday, so I was so glad to be able to participate in all the GTE activities with Cade! Although very busy, we had a wonderful day FILLED with lots of Christmas!