Christmas is in the Air

 December is always fun because the entire month is full of fun, planned activities. We finally decorated the tree, Kyle put Christmas lights up, everyone got new Christmas PJs and the school had all sorts of fun activities. 

We started the month off by participating in the Blaine Obstacle Dash. It was a short loop through the woods with a few obstacles along the way and wrapped up with a bowl of clam chowder or chili. Plus, everyone got a medal for completing the course and the girls wrote letters to Santa. It was a very windy cold day in Lynden, but thankfully by the time we arrived in Blaine, the wind stopped and the sun came out!

Team skiing!

We had to build a snowman out of tires and a bucket!

Everyone had a full week of dress-up days but I got very few pictures. The kids all went over to the high school one day and were partnered up with a high schooler. They did crafts together and then everyone sang Christmas songs together. I saw a few videos and it looked like a pretty amazing time! 

Lydia had a class Christmas party, complete with games, cookie decorating, and snacks and I think I only took one or two pictures!

Buffalo Plaid/Red day

This was the beautiful sunrise while we were waiting for the bus on Thursday!

Hard to tell here...but Haleigh is wearing fun Christmas pants, Lydia has a fun Christmas dress, and Annaliese has the reindeer ears (it was 'hat day' in the middle school.)

The week wrapped up on Friday with the elementary school Christmas Concert and Haleigh's class party. The choir teacher is retiring after this year and she's been at LC for over 20 years. It sounds like wearing these Christmas Capes has been a tradition for the entire time! The kids did a great job and it is fun to see them all together. 

Pretty impossible to pick out the kids in this picture! 

Lydia was dismissed part way through the concert, so she came to Haleigh's class party with me.

Haleigh, Mallory, and Lydia

And here we are, now on our first day of Christmas break. We spent the day at a basketball game and went out for lunch/ice cream. I think everyone is ready for the break from school and Lydia spends a lot of time organizing all the presents under the tree!