The party was very similar to last year with ornament decorating in the dining room and gingerbread house decorating in the kitchen. However I took almost no pictures :( And I have no excuse - Grayson slept through the majority of the party!
For the ornaments this year, I ordered wooden ones from Oriental Trading Company and then bought jewel stickers, Christmas stickers, and glitter glue to decorate them. I was much less stressed out with those options than I was last year when I had the kids paint ornaments.
I also made food for the adults since we never seem to eat when we all get together. We had potato soup, chocolate covered pretzels, hummus, cheese, and crackers. My friends were also nice enough to bring a few things to snack on (as well as all the candy for decorating the gingerbread houses Brian and I assembled the day before).
The party was a success and lots of fun for all the kids. Only about half of our toys got pulled out, but, again, my friends are awesome and picked up almost everything while I was nursing Grayson.
Here are the few pictures I did take:
Rylan and Will decorating ornaments ...
Rylan decorating his gingerbread house ...
A full table of kiddos ...
Laura's boys - McCabe & Cole ...
Jen's twins - Reed & Mae ...
Melanie's boys - Colson & Brooks ...
Missy w/ Luke, Ellie, & Will ...
Happy Rylan :)
Rylan's completed gingerbread house ...
When Carter got home from school, he decorated a gingerbread house too ...
I love having this party every year. It's so much fun to get to celebrate the holiday with our friends!
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