Our Christmas Season always gets started with the ConocoPhillips Christmas party. I love how they always go all out for the family and really make this a fun family event!
It begins with games and crafts for the kids, pictures with Santa and cookies for all!
After all the fun, we get to go into the Auditorium and have a private concert just for the employees and their families. We were entertained this year by an a capella group named Rockapella. They actually used to be on the PBS channel with a show called Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?
This year was extra special for us. Our concert included an appearance by a special little 5 year old! Ashton was asked if she would go onto stage and sing with the guys. At first they asked for Addie because they were looking for someone a little older, but Addie said no way! Ashton agreed to go but when they called her name out on stage, she hit the floor so fast to hide behind her chair. However, when the guy came to get her she went up with him willingly. They sat her on a stool and asked her a few questions and then began singing Santa Claus is Coming to Town. When they would get to the "to town" part they would put the microphone in front of Ashton. At first you couldn't hear her very well, but she warmed up to the idea and by the end you could hear her. But you didn't hear "to town"... she was saying "tonight". Everyone thought it was so adorable. She was a star! We were very proud of her!
We also have a special guest that comes to town to help us get into the spirit of Christmas. Georgey the Elf was back! He is Santa's big helper who watches over the kids and makes sure they are acting good and stay on Santa's good list. But he gets pretty silly at times. Here are a couple of the things we found him in the middle of when we would wake up the next morning. Rolling down the stairs,
taking a bubble bath,
tea party with the American Girls,
building some snowmen,
and participating in a snowball fight!
Each year I sign up to help with class parties, but I only sign up to help with one kid per party. Ashton got the Christmas Party. They decorated cookies and competed against each other by decorating their teachers instead of decorating a Christmas tree.
I also took Avery to watch Mika and Sora in the Nutcracker this year.
The girls and I went to watch Avery perform a Christmas Concert with her school choir.
And we even got a little snow before Christmas this year! Yup, I think we are all getting in the Christmas spirit!!
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