Most of the kids are still pretty young (Carter and Carson were the oldest ones there) so we only sang three simple songs - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Jingle Bells, and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
We waited patiently as the residents gathered in the main room.
Then we sang our songs to them a couple of times.
The parents were the louder singers at first but the kids got braver as they sang and eventually we all blended :)
The kids made a few cards each and we handed them out along with candy canes after singing. My boys were surprisingly brave and ventured out to talk to some of the residents (just a little bit though).
Afterwards we went to a couple of the rooms and sang again to a few of the residents that didn't make it out to the main room.
Overall, it was a great experience and my boys really enjoyed it. They said they'd like to go back sometime to play games with the residents (we are thinking of maybe going back for Valentine's Day).
We all went over to Missy's house when we were done singing to decorate Christmas cookies and play.
Such a fun afternoon and a great experience for our kiddos!
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