Christmas 2013
The season doesn't really start until we've seen the kids' Christmas concert and school is officially out. Jared's class performed "Mary Had a Baby" on recorders as well as singing several other songs between scenes of the play. This was my daughter's first experience as one of the lead roles in the play. She seemed to be very comfortable up there and did a very good job of her lines. On the 23rd we had family over for food, drinks and games. We put together 5 different 'minute-to-win-it' games. The one above is called the North Pole. Once the cups are stacked, you have to pull the papers out quickly, dropping the top cup onto the bottom without knocking the tower down. Good luck, not one of us were able to do this. Another game had us all sliding gingerbread men off our foreheads, down our face and into our mouths. Most of us were unable to do this, Jared and Auntie Brenda were the only successful ones. Aft...