This was the sweetest first birthday anyone could ever dream up!

 

So thankful for special friends and their little miracles!

Hudson is one of our heroes, for sure! So proud of this super strong and resilient kid! There was not a dry eye in the room during his visit with Santa, whose compassion knows no bounds. #typenone

 

The middle sissies get a turn in the spotlight!

  

Rose very seriously requesting a Baby Alive doll, which was the first time I’d heard about it. Since Finley’s party, she has talked about nothing else and forgot everything she wanted in the past. It is tunnel vision for that doll. Oh dear!

I promise she’s such a good girl!

Harper, Finley, and Hudson make a great team!

I’m so proud of our girls!!! They are good through and through.

Smash cakes are the best!

Happy birthday, Finley! xoxo

 

The girls both won the best Grinch story and picture from their class, and their story and art work was displayed in the cafeteria as a special reward. Anna Kate’s Grinch is the one on the green construction paper, left picture, and Noelle’s is the picture on the right. If you click to make them big, you can read their little stories. They did such a great job, and we were so proud of our girls!!!

 

Party days are crazy because all the grades hold their parties at the same time, but it’s a ton of fun too! 

Noelle’s class did an ornament exchange this year, and Anna Kate’s class did a book exchange.

Cayla, Lila and Anna Kate have had so much fun in the same class together!

 

We’re so thankful for such sweet and loving teachers. They have been a huge blessing to our family this year!

 

Anna Kate crafting and Noelle with her super sweet computer teacher.

Although I missed Anna Kate’s book exchange, I did get to help her with a few crafts. I missed Noelle’s crafts this year but caught her ornament exchange. They both had such a great time!

 

Jaycie and Anna Kate and Emerson, Noelle and Weeko – sweet friends!

We ended the day stopping by to wish our biggest cheerleader a Merry Christmas!