Cousin Love

Thanks to Grannie & Grandpa for creating memories of a lifetime:

Chuckie Cheese & Mickey D's

11 cousins need to be fed.....

Cousins & Chocolate

Grannie & Grandpa had 11 of the cousins for 2 days.  Their first venture was to a chocolatier for chocolate fun:

Happy Holidays!!

Christmas Morning

Eric, Mom, Dad, Anna, Emmie, Mia and Sean spent Christmas Morning together.  Breakfast was wonderful!

Cousin Christmas

Emmie brought her microscope in and had the cousins form a line for viewing:

G&G Christmas

Emmie picked out the colors and design for each vase.

Ironically, Grandpa made a wooden sign for his Dad when he was 9 years old.  Both signs now hang in Grandpa's Workshop.

Wow!  Pug Love!

Emmie got a new microscope and prepared slides.  All 3 kids seemed to enjoy the educational toy!

Otis

We stopped at Shaun's house en route to Christmas with G&G.  They recently got a new puppy named Otis.

Class Holiday (Slime) Party

1.  Snack Station:  Snowman Arms (Pretzels), Snowman Noses (Carrots), Snowman Hair (pull-apart Twizzlers), Snowman Eyes (M&M's), Snowman Poop (mini marshmallows) and Melted Snowman (bottled water)

2.  Memory Game (using Hershey Kisses with holiday stickers on the bottom.....Mom and Emmie cut out stickers from gift to/from stickers)

3.  Popsicle Stick Snowman Ornament

4.  Slime Station!

Claire came to assist with the party, and slime making!

Ugly (Cute) Sweater Day

The students were told they could wear an ugly sweater, or simply festive apparel.  Liam handed this sweater down to Emmie and it quickly became a favorite:

Holiday Centerpiece

Natasha delivered flowers for Mom's birthday, Birdie sent us an arrangement and Emmie made the envelope.

SkyZone

SkyZone playdate with Anya and Sasha:

Sandy’s Retirement

Sandy retired from her job at HyVee after 33 years.  In just a few years, she became part of our family:

Mom’s Train Set

The Surprise Dog

Gingerbread Houses

Kylie (the after school babysitter) helped JD&E make Gingerbread Houses.

Lion King

Shaylee, Jacob, Dawson and Emmie all volunteered for Playtime Poppy's Lion King show.  They operated the Poppy Store and Passport Station before viewing the show itself.