Christmas Playdate

I hosted our annual Christmas playdate on Monday.  This year I only had Gray with me.  I gave Rylan the option to stay home but he didn't want to miss anything at school!

This year we had Suzy, Missy, Jen, Laura, Auburn, Melanie, and Ashley and all of their kids that are not in elementary school yet (which was 13 kiddos).  It was lots of fun with lots of good food, crafts, and laughter!

We decorated gingerbread houses that Brian and I built the night before.  Everyone brought along some candy so we had lots of different things to use.

Colson:

Mae:

Carter and Rylan did their gingerbread houses Monday night.  Rylan used one of the ones from the party but Carter decided to design his own "castle" with some help from Brian.

Rylan:

Carter:

I prepped some canvases with a snowflake made out of masking tape on each of them.  Then the kids got to paint the canvas with blue paint.  When the tape was taken off, they had a pretty cool work of art!

My kids all painted after school.  I even squirted some paint on one and let Gray go to town spreading it around with his hands.

Carter:

Rylan:

Gray:

I also had a bunch of Christmas photo booth props for the kids to play with.  We got a few pictures out of them!

Caroline (how cute is she!):

Reed:

Gray:

Hutch:

Some of the little ones (Raleigh, Gray, & Ellie):

More little ones (great picture!!!) - Caroline, Raleigh, Gray, Jessie, & Ellie:

And some of the big ones - Hutch, Cole, Maddie, Luke, Harper, & Colson:

Rylan got all decked out after school:

I made soup, spinach dip, and chocolate covered pretzels but everyone else also brought some treats to share.  We had lots of leftovers!

The kids ran around the house for a few hours getting out all toys and having lots of fun!  When everyone left, it looked like a tornado had been through the house, but it was definitely worth it!  I love hosting this party every year!!!