These are just a couple of pics I took from the Christmas party I threw for Kayleigh and her friends. I invited my Mom's Club playgroup, my co-op playgroup, complex playgroup, as well as all my friends with kids. We had a lot show up! It was packed in here but it was fun. We decorated sugar cookies with frosting and sprinkles and made crafts, along with our $1 gift exchange which was alot of fun and the kids playing hard with the kittens and toys. Trinity had a blast with everyone here and Kayleigh thought it was an awesome party! She talked about it for days. I will definetly do this again next year, but I might just have 2 parties instead. More reasons to party the better.
Trinity and Kayleigh's friend Sean enjoying their snacks and cookies that they decorated. Trinity was having a blast!
All the kids gathered around the playpen where the kittens were hanging out. The kids just couldn't get enough of the kittens. The little boy is Jamie's son (who is holding him), isn't he just too cute!
Katy and her 2 sons and Rossanna holding her little one while Donna chilled on the couch with one month old Ashlyn. Notice the craft table taking up the living room!
This is Julie, Ann and Yanti haning out in Kayleighs room watching all the girls play. We only had 3 boys and the rest girls, which I believe was 16!
I take great pride in this creation:) I made this rice krispy wreath for the first time for our homeschooling christmas party. It came out so good that I decided to make it for my neighbor and family and for Jordan's chosen "ding, dong and ditch" victim. My neighbor and Jordan's victim were also blessed with homemade chocolate covered pretzels with christmas sprinkles and homemade caramel popcorn served in a Tupperware bowl for them to keep. If you are wondering about Jordan's ding, dong, and ditch, here's our story....a friend of mine told me of how she would have her son do this and what a great idea it was, I told Jordan he could pick one person that he feels impacted his life the most for that year and every Christmas we homemake some goodies and serve it in some Tupperware for them to keep. He also has to write a card to them telling them why they impacted his life, plus this way they don't think some crazy's left it on their doorstep. Last year Jordan picked 2 victims..his football coach and his bible study leaders. This year he chose Jon, his youth pastor at church. He really is an amazing guy and has a huge heart for the kids. Jon was in a gang and through much prayer started to live a Godly, changed life. I believe it was his testimony that conquered Jordan, but seriously everytime you see Jon he ALWAYS has a smile on his face. So when we ding, dong, and ditch, it is funny to watch Jordan creep up to the house, lay the gifts, ring the doorbell and run as fast as his feet can go. We always go back to see if they picked up their goodies too. Much fun, you must try it:)
