It's Christmas Eve Eve! Also, A Christmas Party

The kids had their annual Christmas party today. Because it can't be Christmas without a Christmas party of some sorts! Besides, one of the most important parts of my childhood Christmases were the annual cousins' Christmas parties put together by my aunt and uncle, and there's nothing more fun than carrying it on for the next generation. And from the looks of it, those parties will continue in future years and feature lots of BOYS, since that seems to be the only type of tiny human born lately in this or any family. 

So anyways about today. We started things off with a chocolate pudding and whip cream eating contest. The usual type, hands behind your back, shove your face in and make a mess type of contest. Sydney and Calen were too busy talking and cleaning their faces in the middle of it, so Hailey blew them out of the water. 

Then we had cookie cutter pizza for lunch. This is so stupid simple (which is my kind of project, mind you). Premade pizza dough. Cookie cutters. You figure out the rest. Suddenly, pizza becomes Christmasy. Magic. 

After that we had a small gift exchange and decorated gingerbread houses, foam stick puppets and finished up the party with Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (Burl Ives edition) on the tv while the kids enjoyed these ridiculous lollipops that made them look like they have Rudolph character mouths. Personally I like the "Bumble" teeth. 

"Didn't I ever tell you about Bumbles? Bumbles bounce!"

Who doesn't like Yukon Cornelious. 

Calen said the snowman needed "pockets", and the reindeer needed eyebrows. Can't argue with artistic brilliance.

He passes off as a believable Bumble

 

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