party for the littles

this morning
my friend mandy and i hosted a party for our little kids -
and oh ... 20 of their preschool friends ;)



it was definitely not quiet ...
BUT
it was definitely not boring either ;)

we did a few crafts that turned out SO cute!
we stuffed empty clear ornament balls full of fun, festive art goodies
thanks for the idea, mb

and we also created little handprint snowmen ornaments
based on an idea i saw on one of my favorite blogs -
eighteen 25

the girls got very into it ...



alex did too!
he's just a little more abstract ;)

after finishing the craft, i actually had everyone's,
ok ALMOST everyone's attention
for a short time while we read the Christmas story
and as we sang happy birthday to Jesus -



we sang REALLY loud ... did YOU hear us?!

and because it was SUCH A SPECIAL DAY
we had cupcakes BEFORE we ate lunch!



it was a VERY fast 2 hours ...
a VERY loud 2 hours ...
and
a VERY VERY busy 2 hours ...

thanks to everyone who came
thanks to mandy for willingly allowing us all to take over her house ;)
and
thanks to a working central vac system
for giving the ability to clean up the styrofoam 'snow'
that the kids thought was missing from the party
and so lovingly spread all over the entire house ;)

only FOUR more days til Christmas!!