CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE.......

I had yesterday off so I set out to occupy the kids and get some Christmas house cleaning done. So with several kinds of candy, a box of graham crackers, frosting, and a few neighbor kids, we made Graham cracker houses. I am not sure if Lex and Cole had ever made them before, they had fun! There was a little devastation when we couldn't make actual roof tops but they got over it.

So of course there had to be a little judging. The winners were EVERYONE....

Miri got Smallest Pinkness Award

Cole got Biggest Pile-o-Candy Award

Nelson got A Little on the Crazy Side Award

Hailey got Happy Ginger-Face Award (licorice mouth fell off)

Lexi got Most De-Licorice Award

My Sunbeams Melt My Heart.

My church calling for the last 2 1/2 years has been in Primary. First with Lexi and then this year I was with Cole in the Sunbeam class. I love Primary so so much, it is absolutely the best calling in the church.
Well last Sunday I had to work so Kaisley's Mom Cami offered to sub for me. Tonight she brought me my bag back an inside I found 6 thank-you cards. All my Sunbeams wrote me Thank-you cards. It was so sweet of Cami and the kids they made my night. All my Sunbeams will move on to their new class next year and I will miss them so much. So here is their beautiful artwork and what they said to Thank me....

Averee "Thank you for being nice to me & being a great teacher."
Cole "Thank you for taking care of me at church and letting me stay on the stage."
Curtis "Thank you for being nice."
Kaisley "Thank you for teaching my class."
Nelson "Thank you for bringing me to class and being a good teacher."

They do all melt my heart. (Thank you Cami)

Alphabet Crown VICTORY!!!!!

Cole would like to thank his mom, dad, sister, and great teachers at Challenger, Miss Roxy, Miss Julie, and even Miss Karen, for helping him gain this GREAT VICTORY!

It is official Cole has successfully received his Alphabet Crown. Which in non-preschool terms means he can recognize all his letters and tell their sounds all by himself. Of course he was as proud as he could be when Dustin picked him up from school. His teacher said he even had a hard time laying down for his nap after all the excitement of earning his Crown. We had been telling him when he was able to get his Crown he could go somewhere fun. So I hurried home from work and we loaded up to go to, Cole's choice, Wahooz. We were very upset to find it CLOSED for a private party. After a few tears we ended up at McDonald's for a vanilla cone and a little play time. Fun night. We are so so proud of you Cole.