Eilers 6: Christmas Parties and Round 1 of Christmas

Ezra and Emersyn had their class Christmas party the last week of school. For Ezra, his class had a little party in their room where they got to have a book exchange between the students, watch a movie and bring a bag of goodies home from his teacher. After their class party, the whole school put on a Nativity play. It was so sweet. My little guy was a DOVE! Yes, he picked it and was so happy about it.

Opening up their books

Ezra, the Dove

The dove in action

His whole school after the play

Emersyn's class party consisted of lunch, a story, craft and some goodies. She has a sweet little class with great parent involvement. We are truly blessed by Ezra and Emersyn's schools.

Round 1 of Christmas began in Johnson City at my mom's house, which she had before getting married and moving to Houston. It's nice for us that she still has it, so we can all meet up and not have to truly travel too far.

We had a house full. My mom, Ron, Malachi and his family, Ashley and her family, Our family, my grandmother and Aunt with her husband. It was great. On Saturday we all hung around the house enjoying each other's company and SNACKING. We had chili and tamales later that night before we headed to the town square and PEC company to look at lights and get a picture with Santa. After light seeing, we came home to dessert and presents. We always have a 10 dollar white elephant between the adults, which involves a singing Christmas wreath. This wreath has been in the family for about 12 years and is always in the white elephant mix. Every year we forget who got it last, so it's kinda like walking egg shells opening up the gifts to see who is going to end up with the wreath this year. Well, we were the lucky ones to get the wreath this year. I am going to have to be creative on how to wrap it next year!

The whole crew

making sugar cookies

the finished prodcuts

Ashley and baby Townes

All the cousins with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Ashley and I had to be in the picture too.

Elynn, my little gingerbread

PEC lights!

This year, for the first time in my family, we did the nativity "play" with the kids. My kids are used to doing this every year with Brent's family. This year, we just had the kids dress up in the different parts, read a nativity story and took pictures. As they get older, we will be able to act out the play. It is such a sweet, special and important thing to have them do each christmas. I feel like it gives them the TRUE meaning of christmas, and takes the focus away from TOYS!