Christmas Break and Memaw's Birthday

Somehow December just blew right through like the wind!  All of a sudden, it was Friday, December 20th.  Kids had only a few short hours left of school and it was time to celebrate Shelley's birthday.

I just love this mindset for the holiday season.

A few days prior to Christmas break, Hunt Elementary won a local contest.  The prize was this festive sign in front of their school.  Cami's class got to run out on pajama day and snap a cute pic.

On Friday morning, I was so happy to see Miss Cameron as I walked into her classroom. 
She always gives me the best and biggest hugs.

 

Her class was missing 4 kiddos, but the ones who were there were so ready for their party!

I helped get it started and led the kids in making a donut reindeer.

Then I turned over the mic and ran down to Lila's class, across the school.

She has really enjoyed her first semester of 4th grade and loves her math teacher, Mrs. Jeffcoat.

It's also a huge win that she's got so many of her best girl friends in the class.

I watched this girl get all 6 mints onto her spaghetti noodle without using her hands...

then went back to Kinder.  Cami told Ashton to have a good Christmas. (She sort of likes him, but he's all in--telling everyone that he's going to marry her!)...

and hugged Mrs. Martinez in a BIG way!

She just loves her sweet teacher so much.  I do, too!

I took her back to 4th grade to get Lila...

and then we busted out of that joint!

A couple hours later we were in at Deerfield, all bundled up for our carriage ride to look at Christmas lights.

We even brought hot chocolate and wassail this year, to keep us nice and warm.

We sang Christmas carols, stayed cozy under our blankets...

and saw so many beautiful lights.

We got to zip right around the long line of cars, too!

Yay for a great night!

We went to dinner to celebrate Memaw's birthday and these two little cousins did so well.

Happy Birthday to Memaw, Happy Birthday to YOU!