The kids loved seeing Union Station all decorated...
And riding the new KC street car...
And, of course, eating at our favorite... Fritz's!
Will strategically placing tiny pieces onto our bed platform...
Drew checking out the drive through lights...
Christmas day was, once again, magic in our house. There was hardly any fighting, everyone was happy and the joy of watching the kids open their gifts is why it's one of my favorite days of the year! Here's what the kids asked Santa for this year:
Drew - new soccer gear. Santa brought him new goalie gloves and shin guards
Ady - An American Girl dog puppy. Santa brought that and a dog washing station.
Will - a Blower with a backpack. Santa (miraculously) delivered.
Each year we host a Polar Express Party and it's such a blast. It started a few years ago with Derek reading the book in our living room and us having hot chocolate for a few friends. Now we invite almost everyone and we do it outside with food and a gynormous hot chocolate bar full of all the mix-ins for both kids and adults! This year I decided to add in a special surprise being SANTA! The kids were fascinated and he did so well reading the book! We also had a little table with fake snow that felt so much like real snow. It was a hit for the kids!
I was lucky to be able to be at both the kiddos school parties this year because of being a room mom and PTA volunteer. They are still limiting the number of adults in rooms at one time so I felt very lucky, especially with Drew since this was his last year in elementary school!
For 5th grade they did a bunch of Minute to Win It games which was super fun and had a hot chocolate bar.
For 1st grade they did a little craft and a ring toss game as well as made reindeer food for Santa's reindeer!
