Pruitt Playschool (Christmas Fun!)

We took a break from learning letters the past few weeks and had some fun doing Christmas crafts and activities! 

We made a candy cane out using white strips of paper!  He also discovered that the letter "J" looks like an upside down candy cane!

I printed out an activity that had numbered stockings for him to count and glue on a picture of a fireplace.  There were 10 stockings but only 8 of them would fit on our fireplace! He did pretty well with this activity after he stopped just trying to match the stockings! :)

This was another fun activity where "Merry Christmas" was spelled out on ornaments and then he I cut out ornaments with the letters printed on them and he matched them. He LOVED this and actually sat at his table and completed the entire thing without getting up for a "break"! We enjoyed bringing his table in the living room to work in front of the Christmas tree!

Grace Ann had fun playing with the reindeer while we were working!

We went to Michelle's house and let the kids paint a Christmas tree using their hands!  Michelle taught Kindergarten for several years so she was a HUGE help with this activity! My kiddos were not too excited about having their hands painted green! After the paint dried we decorated our trees with sequins!

We enjoyed reading all of our Christmas books over the past couple of weeks!

Justin and Owen bought a gingerbread house the other day at the store so they put it together one morning.  Owen was so excited about his house! He was also a huge help putting it together! :)

My little princess watching the boys make the gingerbread house! Next year, we will have two helpers!

Papa bought Owen a really cool pancake griddle with an angel, reindeer, Santa, and a snowman design!  He LOVED eating his special pancakes!

Owen really liked snowmen this year so of course we had to do a little snowman craft! He can even sing part of  the "Frosty the Snowman" song! 

I think he caught on with the Advent calendar this year!

Our board with all of the Christmas crafts and activities we did over the past few weeks!

LOVE these kids!! :)

Merry Christmas!!

Ice Skating

After Justin took his last test of his first semester of medical school we headed to Knoxville for a little fun with the kids!  Knoxville has this really neat downtown area with an outdoor ice skating rink so we decided to let Owen try it out. I wasn't sure he would even let us put the ice skates on his feet since they look and feel so different from his "sharp shoes" but he let Justin put them on him with no problem!
**On a side note, I thought that he had been calling his blue shoes his "shark shoes" but I recently discovered (thanks to my nana) that he has been calling them his "sharp shoes"! Someone told him that he looked sharp in them the first time he put them on so ever since they have been his "sharp shoes"! After he had the ice skates on he was on the ice and loving every minute of it!! He had a blast and did really well holding Justin's hand.

I just LOVE his little feet in these ice skates!! :)

 So proud of my little man!  Next adventure: skiing!!!! We hope to take a trip to Gatlinburg once it gets cold enough for them to make snow and let Owen try skiing!  It's just a short drive from our house and I think he would have a blast!

 

Girls Night Out and Breakfast with Santa!

One of my mommy friends hosted a Perfectly Post party at her house on Friday so Grace Ann and I went to check it out! It was a lot of fun getting to go somewhere with just her!!  It was also MUCH easier with just one child to keep up with! :)  She did great during the party and even sat in my lap while I got a foot massage! I'm so excited about getting to paint her toenails!!  Is 8 months too early?? JK

Here we are before we left to go to the party!

My little man wanted to get a picture with mommy before we left!

 I just had to post a picture of her hair because I want to remember what it looked like when she was this age!!  Poor thing has some wild hair!! I'm ready for her hair to grow so I can play with it and fix it really cute!! Ha! I'm sure when she gets older I'll miss this wild hair!!

The Middlesboro library hosts a breakfast with Santa every year so we took the kids this past Saturday. Owen was so excited that Santa was going to be at the library! Justin was able to take a small break from studying so he could go with us! Owen had a wonderful time and I think he would still be sitting in Santa's lap if we didn't make him get up so he could visit with other kids!! :)

This picture was taken as soon as Santa walked in the room!!

Owen and Natalie watched Santa's every step!

Don't let this picture fool you!! Owen was in HEAVEN!!! He listened to every word Santa spoke and answered every question he asked!! Grace Ann actually did much better than I had thought!! :)

Family picture at breakfast with Santa!!