Joey's Christmas Show!!!

What's the holiday season without a preschool Christmas Show?  Joey did great despite the fact she walked out in a different outfit then I sent her to school in :]  Apparently she didn't pee in her pants, but her pee shot out while she was on the potty?!?  Too much info?  LOL, oh well :]  anyway, here are some super cute videos of our little star singing about Jesus!!  I love it :]

After Joey's show they had a Christmas party back in the room!  I love that Joey goes to a Christian Mother's Day Out.  They actually get to have a Christmas party...not a holiday party! 

first we had some circle time!

Karin is our room mom and she did great!  She read the kids some books, sang songs with them and even had a craft!  

First up was the manger mix!  We mixed oats, sugar and sprinkles for the reindeer...we sprinkle them on our lawn so that they can find our house for Christmas night!

Now it's time for "Wake Up sleeping shepherds!

Now it's time for some yummy grub!!

The kids each got goodie bags to take home!

These were the baskets we all chipped in for our teachers!  I have a post coming up on all the handmade gifts I made this Christmas and the teacher gifts will be included, so stay tuned!

Joey with Miss Stephanie :]

Joey with Miss Melissa :]

We love our teachers and they love our Joey!  Thanks for a great 1st half of the year! Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas Eve

So this year we have been blessed beyond measure with the birth of Sammy, great family, and great friends!  Even keeping all that in mind, we have had no greater blessing than the birth of Jesus!  Without him we would be destined to a life lived in hell, and because we have him in our hearts, we are truly able to celebrate the true meaning of the holiday on Christmas!!!  We've been trying to inform Joey about the real reason we celebrate through Bible reading, her Veggie Tales nativity and songs.  We've been singing Happy Birthday to Jesus :]  All of that said, come Christmas day, she was only interested in the presents :]

Let's back up though, the whole celebration started Christmas Eve with the Stout side of the family!  We went to church and had a blast!  They asked the kids to come on stage to sing and dance!!  Joey was so cute, and I'm so sad I didn't have my camera to take a video of the whole thing.  She danced and sang and shook her booty and I kneeled down in front of her watching and tearing up.  I always cry when I see her do things like that!!!  She was so cute and during the service she kept asking when we got to go back on stage :] Who knows, maybe one day she will be singing on stage with a microphone and everything!!!

After church we headed over to the Stout house for some dinner, and present opening...

Uncle Bret handed out the gifts as usual!

Grandma held the little girls :]

Joey got a new color wonder book and Aunt Lisa helped her figure it out!

Dakotah loved his book from us!!!

Sammy got a blanket from Grandma!!!  It's so cute and soft :]

Aunt Becky got a Fancy Nancy doll.....oh wait, I think that's Mily's :]

Brittany was so surprised at her gifts from Grandma :]

Sammy got clothes and they obviously tasted yummy!!!

Johnny and his new orange Adidas sweatshirt...

Aunt Lisa helping Sammy figure out her new toy!!

So we were all done opening gifts and we were all just hanging out in the living room.  All of a sudden, Mily and Joey came out of Mily's room...we didn't even realize they were gone...and they were wearing Mily's new fairy dress up clothes.  We're not sure who got Joey dressed, but that is the skirt she has on as a top :]

We could not stop laughing, and I was actually in tears and we all had side stitches when we stopped laughing :]

She had the real top on as panties over her own panties of course!!

Ahhhh, much better!!!  Doesn't she look so pretty???

So Christmas Eve was a blast, and we got lots of fun stuff!  Stay tuned for Christmas day!!!

Joey's 1st Christmas Show :]

For those of you who don't know, Joey goes to Mother's Day Out at our church 2 days a week.  She loves it and is obviously learning something...she comes home and gets me and Johnny to line up on the wall with our hands behind our backs all the time :]  She says stuff like "do we run around like this *Joey starts running*?  No, we stand still like this *Joey freezes*!"  It's really cute, and we just love when she plays this game :]  

So the other day was her 1st Christmas performance :] She spent most of the time conversing with Connor (the red head to her right), but there are a few sweet moments in this video :]

Here's a few of the pics :]

After the show was the class party back in the kiddo's classrooms.  I volunteered to be the room mom for the Green room so I got to go help set up for the party!  My mom also came to the performance and got to attend the party as well!!  There was tons of food, and the kids had a great time eating and hanging out!

As a class we got Miss Meggan and Miss Julie gift card wreaths!

Here she is with Miss Julie

.....and with Miss Meggan

...and here's her sweet friend Connor :) After seeing this picture, Johnny said he didn't want to have to beat up a 2 year old, but he just may have to :]

It was a sweet day spent with my sweet girl, and I can't wait for all the parties to come!!

Life Group Progressive Dinner :]

Last night was our Christmas party with our Life Group.  Instead of going out to eat like normal, we decided to have a progressive dinner!!  It was Italian themed, and started at our house :]

We were in charge of appetizers with the McAlisters!  We had Meatballs and Italian Sausage, pizza rolls and fried cheese sticks!!

We also had drinks, and I got to use both of these pitchers for the first time ever!!!  The red one is SUPER heavy without drinks in it, so it was kinda hard to maneuver with the tea, but it looked cute right??

Johnny set up the dart board in the garage so this is were the guys pretty much hung out!!

The girls broke out a game of Taboo :]

Kelli tried Ben on for size :]

...and Amanda was sporting her pre preggo jeans!!!  Get it girl!!!

Next it was off to the Davis house for the main coarse {which I managed to leave out of all the picture taking :[}  We had lasagna, salad and yummy garlic bread!!

{all the girls minus Carolynn who was feeding Isaiah at the time}

John bonded with Goose and the boys managed to find a football game on the TV :]

Off to the Pinedas for dessert!!!

There was so much!  Tiramisu, Key Lime pie, Banana Pudding, Cookies, Biscoti, and Apple Cider!!  Yummo :] I pretty much ate a little of everything!!

....and then there were 2!  Kelli and Jackie are both expecting boys in March!!!

The dinner was super fun and a great night without the kiddos!  The girls even did a recipe exchange with appetizers, main dishes and desserts! I can't wait to make some of the dishes, everything looked so yummy!!! Merry Christmas to our Life Group!  We are so blessed to have each and every one of you in our lives!

What'd You Do In Church Today?

Joey loves to go to church! She loves Miss Barbara who teaches her on Sundays!  She loves telling you that her classroom is the green one!  She loves that she gets to eat pretzels and cookies and that she gets to drink water out of a "big girl cup".  

So this Sunday as always, we asked we had a conversation when we picked her up from her classroom.

Mommy: Joey, did you have fun at church today?

Joey: Yes

Mommy: What'd you do?

Joey: Made crap

Mommy: Made what?

Joey: Crap {pointing to the item in the picture below}

Mommy: Oooooohhhhh, you made a craft!

Joey: Yep, a crap!!

I love misunderstandings such as these :]  So Joey also loves to make *crafts* in Sunday school :]  This one in particular is based on the song "Jesus Loves the Little Children", and I don't care what you say Joey, mommy loves it and it's NOT CRAP!!