Christmas party

Last night we all went to our small group's Christmas party! We've been a part of this small group for 3 years and each year we reserve a space at church to gather with all our kids and celebrate Christmas together. Yesterday there were 10 adults and 10 kids (all age 5 or under) running around in the big open fellowship hall, so you can imagine the noise and craziness that ensued. This is expected every year and is part of the fun (and probably part of why Hubby T and I went to bed at 9 last night)! Someone was smart enough to bring a couple toys down from the nursery - check out Baby B on a "bike"!



I think he spent more time kind of walking on it rather than riding, but that's okay. Everyone contributed some delicious food and drinks to share. Baby B isn't quite old enough to join everyone at the big kid table, but he kept himself occupied.



We moms organized a kids gift exchange, so we tried to get all the kids to sit down together so that they could each hand out their presents. We corralled and settled down almost all the kids, and then Baby B decided to crawl out a couple paces. This was the start of our downfall. In an effort to entertain the kids one of the dads suggested that everyone get on their hands and knees too...which led to everyone not only being in the crawling position but actually crawling....which led to this -



So much for sitting together nicely!! Baby B got to open his very first Christmas present with Hubby T's help. As anybody could have predicted, he was happy after pulling off the bow! He'll come to appreciate the Little People tractor that was inside though:)



Our small group has seen several people come and go this year, which hasn't always been easy. But the group and the families in it are a huge blessing in our life and it was great fun to celebrate the holiday season with them. Merry Christmas friends, we love you all very much!!