Best Sitter Ever!!!

We love Miss. Rebecca!  She's been a great sitter and loves kids.  Pierce always lists her as one of his top picks when we need a sitter.  Well, she outdid herself this Christmas by visiting one afternoon and bringing Pierce Christmas gifts!  She knows exactly what he loves and picked out all of his favorite things.  A creativity kit for lots of projects, Star Wars coloring book, Angry Birds candy, and a few other goodies!

She even won the award at her Christmas party for the tackiest Christmas sweater!!  Thank you, Miss. Rebecca, you are the best!!!

The Chauffeur

A few weeks ago Pierce had his second class field trip and was super excited that I got to join them. It was terrible weather but I had lots of fun with him and his friends. We headed to the Children's Theatre to see A Merry Mouse Christmas!

Pierce was excited for buddies, Chase and Nolan, to ride with us.  I laughed the entire way there and back! Of course, he had to sit by Carter during the show though!!

Breakfast with Santa

About two weeks ago, we headed to our annual Breakfast with Santa event.  We started going last year, all proceeds go to the Bell Center here in town (which I like supporting).  It's a great event with crafts for the children, a great breakfast (this year we had breakfast pizza since it was at California Pizza Kitchen), and a special visit with Santa!

Pierce made a thumbprint Santa on his sleigh with his reindeer bookmark!

This special Santa is great with all the children, he takes up lots of time with each one.  Pierce made sure to tell him everything on his list!

Gingerbread House

I'm way behind on my blogging this month with the crazy holiday season...time to catch up!

On one rainy Sunday afternoon, Pierce worked on his gingerbread house for a fun afternoon activity.  He thought it was lots of fun but wanted to eat the candy more than decorate with it!

He was proud of his finished product but didn't understand why he couldn't eat it all month!

Guess who's back?!?!

Elfie finally made his way back to visit! Pierce has been asking since Thanksgiving when he would arrive and he came last weekend. He has been busy with mischief all week!

The night he arrived, he wrote all over Pierce's bathroom mirror.  He's also gotten into treats in the kitchen and drank out of the syrup bottle!

Then, he made a sleeping bag out of daddy's underwear, rolled the tree and the mantle, and read a book to lots of Star Wars characters!  He's been a busy little elf.

Elfie keeps us on our toes and hopefully, keeping Pierce off of the naughty list!!

Christmas Music & Batter Bash

Last Sunday was the annual batter bash event for the children at church and their Christmas music performances. All of the kids did great! Since I help teach the 2's, we are always a little nervous how they will do on stage. Everyone had good behavior!

Pierce did well, but did have some ants in his pants and had a little trouble being still! I do love hearing all of the little voices though!

Pierce decided to take pretzel santa hats for his treat at batter bash this year.  My favorite part was that no cooking was actually involved!  He was helpful in the begining, but as you can see, we made a lot and he faded away a little.

Super excited about his chef's hat again and showing off his goodies!

All of the kids were pumped full of sugar after basically eating junk for dinner.  I was worried he would never go to bed but he practically fell asleep in the car on the way home.  Tis the season!!

Elf Training Workshop

Last weekend we met the Patterson's at the library for an Elf Training Workshop! Pierce was excited to go and see how elves were trained. He loved the "not real" elves (as he told me)do some singing and dancing. They got to practice their skills at quickly putting a box together, determining naughty and nice, have some elf snacks, and make their own elf hat!