Christmas 2014

Well, we had a great Christmas over here. Hope you did as well. I'm a little under the weather and not feeling awesome, but I wanted to share some pictures I took over the holidays. Mostly they are of my niece, because... duh. She's perfection. So anyway, here's a little recap of the last few days....  

First up, my grandpa turned 91. So, we all joined him for a lunch and celebration.

Then, the next day, I babysat the booboo and then we went to the Opryland Hotel to look at all the Christmas lights. So fun!

The next day, we all went to the mall to see Santa!

Christmas Eve was full of grocery shopping, movie watching, church service and looking at Christmas lights!

And, Christmas Day was full of the usual: presents, family, food, movies, etc. 

The day after Christmas, my cousin and her family stopped by for a few hours. It was good to see them.

All in all, it was an awesome Christmas! Now I'm looking forward to a restful week ahead. I haven't been to my house in a week, so I'm going home tomorrow and plan to sleep in verrrry late, stay up verrrrrry late and watch a sinful amount of television in the meantime. Can't wait ;)

Let It Go.

One more day. That's all that's standing between me and two glorious child-free weeks. Is that bad to say? Ha. I love my kiddos, truly. But, I'm SOOOO ready for a break! All I want for Christmas is to sleep in, ya'll! 

I just wanted to share a couple of little odds and ends before the holiday craziness begins. 

This year, I have become obsessed with the big, fat old-fashioned Christmas lights. They are so bright and fun and they make me happy, what can I say?

I hung these in my living room...

And these in my classroom. 

Last week, two girls from school and I went to Shoney's for National Hot Fudge Cake Day! But, we had to go after the PTO meeting and it was pretty much 8:00 and they were sold out. Womp, womp. Oh well, we had fun. That's all that matters! Can't wait to room with these two at LBL this year. 

We spent a week at school debating and discussing the captivity of killer whales. I blogged about this last year so I'm not going to again. But, I did want to share this neat idea I saw on Pinterest! It was a great way to record our research findings and for the kids to be able to reference throughout the week.

Today, I played Free Willy for them. Just because it was the day before break and I knew they'd love to see it. They're now obsessed with killer whales. 

The best part of the movie, am I right? Also, I ALWAYS cry when Jessie says goodbye to Willy. Those two only had each other :(

Last weekend, we went out of town because my great uncle Bob passed away. He was a great man and we'll all miss him so much, but we know he's with Aunt Peggy again and happier than he's been in a long time. While we were there, I took Miss Priss outside while she was all dressed up in her cute little outfit and got some great pictures. 

I love my people. :)

Yesterday, my kiddos made measurement Christmas trees. They're kind of a hot mess, but they make me smile because they're so festive.

Today, we read The Great Reindeer Rebellion and the kids made wanted posters for Santa's reindeer. They did such a great job!

This one is my favorite. Read her answers! Ha!

The kids had family homework this month to make a snowman out of objects found at home. They've been trickling in this week and I LOVE them! 

Do you want to build a snowman? 

And tonight, I helped decorate and chaperone our Frozen dance at school. It was a lot of fun! These two cuties are my favorite Anna and Elsa :) 

Okay, I think that's it. I'm off to finish doing some packing. Thanks for reading!!!