The class does a quick show of what they do on a normal dance day & then perform a small Christmas routine. This year they performed a ballet dance to Sugar Plum Fairy. 
This week she also had her 1st grade class Christmas party. Wow! I am tired just typing it! Her teacher asked me if I would mind making cupcakes for the class, since the kids loved the turkey cookies so much. I was totally excited about making them. Of course you knew that already~After school that day, Kennedy and I went to the store to get all the goodies we were going to need to make reindeer cupcakes. (because of course they couldn't just be plain cupcakes)! 
She and I had great one on one time making them for her class. 
She is really loving first grade. She is doing FANTASTIC in reading, as a matter of fact, she is already on a second grade reading level and close to being on a third grade. Math on the other hand is not her favorite, but once she "gets" it, she takes off with it. She is wanting all A's on her report card each time. Which is so funny, because her MAIN reason for wanting this is to make sure she does as good or better than Haiden. Jeremy and I have never said they had to make all A's. We just tell them to do the best you can. So the COMPETITIVE side of her with school is something new. Don't get me wrong, I am glad she wants to do so well, but sometimes she will get upset if it is not an A. I don't want her to put that kind of stress or worry on herself. So we shall see! Kennedy loves Mrs. R & so do we!
I have to admit something about these cupcakes, I thought I was going to go CRAZY trying to break the pretzels just right to make the antlers, but Kennedy loved them and that was all that mattered to me! I think I have another cooking partner, because Haiden too loves to cook!
*notice the reindeer house shoes~she wanted to make those made it into the picture as well*
Haiden had gone shopping with Nana one day, while they were out, she let him pick out a gingerbread house for us to put together. I thought what better way to put a gingerbread house together, then has a whole family. Yes, that also meant letting the babies "help".
Casen was ready to get his hands on it~
This sucker was so hard to get it to stick & stay together. After many attempts we voted as a family to TRASH it, yes after all that hard work it went into the trash, oh well we did have a ton of fun! This was the finished project, if you look closely, you will see me holding it together for the picture.HA~
Casen getting kisses from mommy!
We had family pictures taken this year, and surprisingly it went ok. I really liked how some of them turned out. I must mention it was really wet, and then all of sudden while we are taking pictures the good ole' TEXAS TEMP dropped to freezing COLD! Needless to say we didn't take as many as we wanted to but, got in some good ones. Jeremy and I have finally got it down to a "T" how long it takes to get all 8 of us ready to go out. Here are some of the pics from that day, these were my favorites anyway. 
Cooper was a mess when it came to getting a photo of him, he was too interested in the waterfall and the leaves!
Kennedy took so many great photos, I had a hard time picking out my favorite, but I have to say this one is just BEAUTIFUL of her. 
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this picture of Casen, the picture is a perfect image of his personality. He is so funny, and has the cutest smile~one of those "how could you get mad at me faces"The boys DID NOT want to sit on the BENCH, even though they were crying, I still love this photo! 
Cooper was wanting to get away, because down below our feet was a big pile of leaves he has just discovered.
You gotta love this one! All the babies were watching Nana dance around behind the photographer to get there attention. Problem was, Nana was on the side of the photographer not behind the photographer. HA! This is actually one of my FAVORITE pictures of us. 
