The kids wanted to have a Christmas Party with friends, so they each got to invite one friend over for a night of creativity and fun! It was funny because they each invited the same friend as our "UP PARTY".
We started with decorating sugar cookies. My moms recipe for sugar cookies is the best! The kids had a great time dumping sprinkles on their cookies!
Kendall and Hunter are good friends!
Kiersten and her buddy
Maranda..............aren't they adorable!
Then after pizza, they each got to decorate their own graham cracker gingerbread house. This was the first time I have ever made these houses. We always buy the kit from the store but this was so much nicer. Each kid got their own and it was so easy to make them. The trick is in the frosting, but I found a good one that was sweet to taste and worked just like glue!
Oh these boys............they ate as much candy as they put on their houses!
The girls were quite a bit more serious about decorating their houses. They did a great job!
Kendall and Hunter took it serious as well. They were all every creative!
Kiersten in progress.............she even made a yard with grass!
Kendall put gummy bears circling his
Christmas tree, very clever!
Logan had fun.............eating the candy and laughing with Brenner.
Silly Brenner, we just love this little guy! He and Logan are hilarious together!
Maranda and Kiersten got the giggles while decorating their houses. I just love it when kids get in that silly giggly mood! It reminds me of being a kid!
All the kids hard at work..............Logan is scoping out which candy he should eat off his house!
Kiersten's final house.......complete with snowman and everything! She decorated the roof to look like it had
candy canes on it. Way to go Sweetheart!
Logan's completed project. The best part about Logan and Brenner's houses was that they both had chewed up pieces of gum stuck in various places on their house. Some of
their candy's were licked before used as decorations for their houses. What can you do with a couple of four year old boys huh?
Brenner's house.............I love the way he dumped a ton of red sprinkles on his plate. It was fun to see how random Logan and Brenner were with their decorating while the older kids were using patterns, looking for specific colored gumdrops.
Maranda did a great job! Each kid was very creative and used their imaginations!
Hunter spent the most time on his. He stayed up to the table while the other kids went down stairs to play tag in the dark with flash lights. Hunter just kept adding more and more details to his house.
Hunter created a great fence out of gumdrops and fruit loops! He was so clever!
Can't you see the
magic of
Christmas in his eyes? I love it when you are able to capture that twinkle in a kids eye and this picture
definitely does!
Ah I see Hunter making sure that the candy he's putting on his house is taste worthy! One for me..........One for the house!
Hunter was just so happy with the way his house turned out! It looks amazing!
Hunter asked me to "take a close up shot so I could post it on my blog" I love it when the kids say I need to post something on my blog. They love the book I made from last years blogs and so I am committed to keeping up with this blogging thing! It is a great feeling to have a year of family history all photographed and
journaled about! Now if I can only keep it up!
The backside of Hunter's Masterpiece!
After the decorating and the game of tag in the dark with flash lights, it was time for Santa Claus III the movie. The kids were so excited to change into their p.j.'s, grab a blanket and pillow, find a spot on the couch and get cozy for the movie.
They were all so good to amuse me for a ton of pictures. Hey I might as well train the neighborhood kids about the importance of pictures as well huh?
The kids wanted to have a Christmas Party with friends, so they each got to invite one friend over for a night of creativity and fun! It was funny because they each invited the same friend as our "UP PARTY".
We started with decorating sugar cookies. My moms recipe for sugar cookies is the best! The kids had a great time dumping sprinkles on their cookies!
Kendall and Hunter are good friends!
Kiersten and her buddy Maranda..............aren't they adorable!
Then after pizza, they each got to decorate their own graham cracker gingerbread house. This was the first time I have ever made these houses. We always buy the kit from the store but this was so much nicer. Each kid got their own and it was so easy to make them. The trick is in the frosting, but I found a good one that was sweet to taste and worked just like glue!
Oh these boys............they ate as much candy as they put on their houses!
The girls were quite a bit more serious about decorating their houses. They did a great job!
Kendall and Hunter took it serious as well. They were all every creative!
Kiersten in progress.............she even made a yard with grass!
Kendall put gummy bears circling his Christmas tree, very clever!
Logan had fun.............eating the candy and laughing with Brenner.
Silly Brenner, we just love this little guy! He and Logan are hilarious together!
Maranda and Kiersten got the giggles while decorating their houses. I just love it when kids get in that silly giggly mood! It reminds me of being a kid!
All the kids hard at work..............Logan is scoping out which candy he should eat off his house!
Kiersten's final house.......complete with snowman and everything! She decorated the roof to look like it had candy canes on it. Way to go Sweetheart!
Logan's completed project. The best part about Logan and Brenner's houses was that they both had chewed up pieces of gum stuck in various places on their house. Some of their candy's were licked before used as decorations for their houses. What can you do with a couple of four year old boys huh?
Brenner's house.............I love the way he dumped a ton of red sprinkles on his plate. It was fun to see how random Logan and Brenner were with their decorating while the older kids were using patterns, looking for specific colored gumdrops.
Maranda did a great job! Each kid was very creative and used their imaginations!
Hunter spent the most time on his. He stayed up to the table while the other kids went down stairs to play tag in the dark with flash lights. Hunter just kept adding more and more details to his house.
Hunter created a great fence out of gumdrops and fruit loops! He was so clever!
Can't you see the magic of Christmas in his eyes? I love it when you are able to capture that twinkle in a kids eye and this picture definitely does!
Ah I see Hunter making sure that the candy he's putting on his house is taste worthy! One for me..........One for the house!
Hunter was just so happy with the way his house turned out! It looks amazing!
Hunter asked me to "take a close up shot so I could post it on my blog" I love it when the kids say I need to post something on my blog. They love the book I made from last years blogs and so I am committed to keeping up with this blogging thing! It is a great feeling to have a year of family history all photographed and journaled about! Now if I can only keep it up!
The backside of Hunter's Masterpiece!
After the decorating and the game of tag in the dark with flash lights, it was time for Santa Claus III the movie. The kids were so excited to change into their p.j.'s, grab a blanket and pillow, find a spot on the couch and get cozy for the movie.
They were all so good to amuse me for a ton of pictures. Hey I might as well train the neighborhood kids about the importance of pictures as well huh? 
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