We have been really busy lately and I have not had the time to blog much. We are getting ready for Christmas and with that comes all the parties and events.
Thursday night Sarah and I hosted a Christmas Cookie/Dessert Exchange Party. The
party was at Sarah's house and she did a fabulous job decorating and making her home such a fun atmosphere! It was so great to see all our fun girl friends and nibble on some yummy treats. 
Sarah had the great idea of having everyone bring their recipe, printed multiple times, so we all went home with bags full of goodies and the recipes to recreate them!!! What a memorable night!
Then this week we had Carter's school Christmas party. Each child had a parent or 2 there and they got to eat sugar cookies and decorate ornaments. There was an attempt to read a book, but once the gifts were spied, it was down hill from there trying to "organize" the kids. They did a book exchange and I think Carter had fun. I know Charlotte did, as she was found multiple times scrounging under the tables for the dropped marshmallows. Who needs a puppy, when you have a Charlotte!!:)
Keeping the party rolling, we had Supper Club on Friday night. The Meriwethers hosted a Feliz Navidad party and the fajitas were DE-LISH!!! Ummm makes me hungry thinking about them! We had fun living it up like we were in college and just acting silly. We are blessed with these great friends!Amanda would like to make it clear that she was being "festive" and does not normally wear clothes like these!:)
Sunday night we went to our church's "Really Really Big Christmas Show". It was AMAZING!!! They do this every year, but change it up a bit. Apparently this year it was totally revamped.
Unfortunately, you are requested not to take pictures, but I tried to get a few during non life threatening acts. I am not kidding when I say parts of the show rival Cirqu du Soleil!!! There were drummers with neon lights, people coming down from ropes in the ceiling, "critters" on pogo leg things, girls that fly from long sheet type material and hoops!!, HUGE butterflies and caterpillars dancing through out the i
sles or being manipulated from the ceiling, plus fun costumes and dance routines. They recruit from the church body so there are kids as young as 5 involved all the way up to people my age! I would LOVE to do it next year, and even asked about the time commitment this year, but it is a HUGE commitment and I'm not sure our family would be able to make the scheduling happen. They practice multiple hours a week starting in October! But it shows! Great performance! We were nervous about taking Charlotte, but she actually liked it more than Carter. He would occasionally ask, "Mom, is the movie over?" but not Charlotte, she was dancing and clapping the whole time!
Unfortunately, you are requested not to take pictures, but I tried to get a few during non life threatening acts. I am not kidding when I say parts of the show rival Cirqu du Soleil!!! There were drummers with neon lights, people coming down from ropes in the ceiling, "critters" on pogo leg things, girls that fly from long sheet type material and hoops!!, HUGE butterflies and caterpillars dancing through out the i
sles or being manipulated from the ceiling, plus fun costumes and dance routines. They recruit from the church body so there are kids as young as 5 involved all the way up to people my age! I would LOVE to do it next year, and even asked about the time commitment this year, but it is a HUGE commitment and I'm not sure our family would be able to make the scheduling happen. They practice multiple hours a week starting in October! But it shows! Great performance! We were nervous about taking Charlotte, but she actually liked it more than Carter. He would occasionally ask, "Mom, is the movie over?" but not Charlotte, she was dancing and clapping the whole time!
Our last pre Christmas events was this morning. I hosted a Happy Birthday Jesus party similar to last year. It was very simple and pretty much a play date with cake, but I hope the kids got
something more out of it. I read a book called The Legend of the Candy Cane, which refers to the shape as a J for Jesus and a shepherd's staff. The red for the blood Jesus, shed for our sins and the white 
that is the purification he gives. It talks about sharing the story with others, so every child got a candy cane to eat and one to share. But.... to be honest, I'm not sure if that was what the kids viewed as the take home message. We had about 20 kids, so it was quite nutty here at the town home!!! I will tell you that having split levels does not give moms the upper hand! I'm glad we got together though as I probably won't see most of these girls until the new year. I missed my Dallas girls/kids and wish they could have come too!:)
I'm sure I'll have some fun Christmas stories coming soon!
2 comments:
Love all the pictures!! You've definitely been busy having lots of fun. :) Hopefully we can make the Christmas Show next year - looks so neat!
so fun! loved reading as i've been sick & missed all the christmas parties this year.....love the hapy birthday jesus party! i'm going to read that candy cane story in ethiopia (their christmas is jan 7th) and give out candy canes too! so fun! love you! will yall be in angelo at all?
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