Maxwell's Party

Maxwell had his final day of school before Christmas break today. His class had a day full of fun. In the morning they went around to the second grade classes that were hosting themed activities. His favorite class that he went to was the Polar Express...he enjoyed hot chocolate, received a punched ticket and was given a bell. After lunch he had his class Christmas Holiday Party. I was busy helping with the activities and didn't get a ton of pictures, but we had a lot of fun. The kids started out with a book swap, Maxwell took his time picking out his, I told him to go for the one with the good looking wrapping paper! ;)

 

 Maxwell patiently waiting his turn.

Abigail behaved so well...might have been the Cheese-Its...she was busy cramming them in her mouth!

Olivia's Christmas Party is tomorrow and that will wrap up school for a while, YAY! We'll be spending the next couple of days finishing up shopping and making some yummy treats.  After talking to some friends, I was convinced I was the only person on the planet that has not finished Christmas shopping.  However while driving to dinner tonight (some yummy Thai with some fun friends) I came upon some major traffic that was pointed in the direction of the mall...it's good to know I'm not the only procrastinator.  :)

Our church, New Hope Baptist, performed their annual Living Christmas Tree. After several months of practice, Olivia and Maxwell were so excited to finally perform the songs they had worked so hard to learn. It was a long week of 8 performances but it was completely worth it to celebrate Jesus' birth! Below is a clip of the first song the children's choir performed, "Follow the Star". Maxwell is quite the performer!

Olivia was very excited to have a speaking solo this year, she performed it the first four shows. We think she did wonderfully!

I cut that video short so I could take this cutie pie picture; Olivia looks so young to me for some reason...her sweet little round face.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get a good picture of Maxwell in his biblical costume during the performance, so here's one I took while he tried it on.  Sweet little boy.

The Living Christmas Tree show was absolutely amazing! Regrettably, Hudson and I were not Joseph and Mary again this year, they had a couple of age-appropriate teenagers instead. I guess we were deemed too old! The entire show focused on our Savior and the finale really brought the house down. There was everything from angels to wise men to kings and a sweet baby portraying Jesus. And how could I forget the real live camel!? I cannot wait til next year!

Edited to Add:  One of Olivia's favorite songs of the Tree:

Thanksgiving Day we packed up and headed down to Warner Robins to celebrate the holiday with family.  The kids were really looking forward to getting down there to play with their cousins and have some fun!  And they weren't disappointed, after enjoying a delicious meal, cousin Katie hooked Olivia and Maxwell up with some yummy smores.

 

My BIL, Les, fried a turkey for us to enjoy and oh. my. goodness.  It was the BEST turkey EVER!  There's no better way to cook a bird!

 

Mom with her grandchildren

  

Abigail kept herself entertained with my sister's candles.

 

Poor Maxwell, not a very gender balanced group.