My Performer

 This morning, we headed to a local nursing home with a group from church to sing to the residents.  Luckily, Pierce did not pay that much attention to the health of some of the residents and was happy to perform for them.  I'm quite certain it was the highlight for many of them having so many children around!

He also enjoyed walking around to greet the residents, tell them Merry Christmas, and give out cards.

These three insisted on having a music sheet and reading it even though none of them can!

Mr. James was sweet to come play for the kids to sing!

And here were the songs the little kids knew!  They were very patient with the carols they didn't know but really belted it out when they did.  It was hilarious!!

Pierce stayed on stage the ENTIRE time!  Many of his friends didn't and some never made it up there at all.  He also did lots of dancing with the bigger kids...he was quite the performer!  I'm glad he thought it was fun, but proud he had a good attitude and a giving heart!!

Live Nativity

Last night, we attended the annual live nativity at church. It's a very special time to see/hear the story of Jesus. Pierce did really well this year paying attention to it and taking it all in. Petting the animals was definitely a highlight!

I loved Pierce's view of what we saw, he knew Mary and Joseph.  He called the wise men "knights" because of their costumes and loved the angels being up so high.  He said, "wow, look at all those angels!!  There are 11 of them!".  He was right!  And, he was excited for a picture with "Mary".

I asked him what his favorite part was and he said, "when Mary and Joseph held Baby Jesus!".  I almost started crying, too sweet!!  Jesus is the reason for the season!

Hey, Santa!

Santa makes an annual run through the neighborhood on one of the local firetrucks. Last Saturday afternoon he came by!

Pierce was SUPER excited to run outside and wave at him. He threw lots of candy in the yard just for him, I had to run inside and get a bowl since he couldn't hold it all in his hands!

3K Christmas Party!

Pierce counted down the days until his class Christmas party at school for weeks. Last week, it was finally here and I'm so glad I could drop in!  I'm pretty sure the highlight of the party was a McDonald's Happy Meal lunch for all the kids!

Apparently, Pierce loves the girls in his class!  Here he is with Mollie, I told him to get close to her and here is what he did!

Sweet smiles and silly faces with friends!  A few friends were out that day and Jessie was being camera shy.  My favorite is Chase's silly face.  His mom took lots of sweet kids of all the kids and with their moms.  Can't wait to see those after the break!

More silly time with Izzy and Chase!  What a fun way to celebrate the holiday season with his friends at the end of the year!

3K Pajama Day

3K had pajama day and breakfast on Monday. Pierce's teacher, Mrs. Glenda, even cooked waffles for everyone!

I got a full report on what kind of pj's all of his friends had, especially some fuzzy slippers that a girl in his class had on!

Breakfast with Santa!

We had a fun morning last Saturday at Breakfast with Santa! It was a well organized event complete with Christmas crafts, a yummy breakfast, and plenty of time with Santa. It made it even more exciting to do it with lots of friends!

Poor Grace is mortified by any type of character, even Santa.  This was during her one moment of happiness before Santa emerged.  She loves M, I'm pretty sure she would come live with us!

Our table was near Santa's spot, from the moment he came out Pierce couldn't wait for it to be his turn.  He was super excited to go see him and sit in his lap.

We can't wait to go back next year!  This was a much better event than waiting in line at the mall and it was for a good cause, benefiting The Bell Center.  That always warms my heart.  Merry Christmas, y'all!!!

O Christmas Tree!

Last weekend, we finally got our tree and put it up!

Pierce was very excited to help string the lights and put on ornaments. Much to my surprise, he was actually a pretty good helper putting them on and was patient and careful.  I hope he's just as excited to help when it's time to come down!