Christmas Activities

 I'm getting so excited for Christmas.  I love the last week when the kids are having parties at school, we start putting presents under the tree and we do fun Christmas activities.  This year I decided to do something I've never done before.  I used a code system for the kids presents.  I wanted them to have fun trying to figure out the code instead of figuring out how many presents each person had.

 Everyone, except Jaxon, has had fun trying to crack the code.  I didn't tell Dale about the code so I gave him the chance to figure it out.  He got it pretty fast.  Jadon was next but it took him a few days to get it.  Kyson is the only other kid who has figured it out but he had some help from his Dad.  Kierra is going crazy trying to crack the code.  She has all the present's codes written down in a notebook and she studies it at school.

 Here is a sample of one of the codes.  We are going to give the kids a clue on Sunday night if they don't get it all figured out by then.

 Last night we all went downtown to see the Christmas lights.  We decided to walk around City creek since we hadn't ever been there.  It was pretty cool and we all had a great time walking around.

The kids loved climbing on anything they could find!

 

Me and my girls

No better way to start the Christmas weekend

After we walked around for several hours, we went to McDonalds to get hot chocolate.  Some of the kids wanted ice cream but their machine was broken.  Here they are waiting for the hot chocolate.  We had a great night together.  I can't wait for the rest of the activities we have planned and then Christmas...Yay!