Children's Christmas Party

Scott's office hosted a kid's Christmas party for some of the different organizations on base. There were about 25-30 kids there and it was a lot of fun.
Here's Matthew working on his hand print wreath. His favorite part was putting the little stickers on. He also put a few on his face.

Here's Anna with her finished reindeer cup craft. They had all the craft pieces cut and ready to go, so even toddlers could put the craft together...with help.

Anna and Matthew got to try and throw balls through a wooden Christmas tree. They were supposed to stand a few yards back and try to throw the balls through a hole in the tree. Both of them preferred the slam dunk method, however. Luckily they were not disqualified and each got a prize. Matthew chose a small matchbox sized F-15 airplane (good choice) and "flew" it all around. Later he wanted to take it to bed with him. It was very cute. Anna got bubbles, which she was very excited about. Here she is chasing some bubbles.

Anna blows some bubbles. She's getting very good at it.

Matthew's favorite part was when Santa arrived on a firetruck.

Everyone gathered around for a picture.

All the other kids followed Santa inside, but Matthew was way more interested in the firetruck and stayed by it so he could do a walk around with the firemen and Sparky the firedog.

Here he is with Sparky, or "Snoopy" as Matthew called him.

We eventually got back to the party and Matthew and Anna decorated some gingerbread cookies. Well, Matthew decorated them. Anna cut right to the chase and ate hers.

And, of course, we had to visit with Santa. Matthew liked it. Anna not so much. Frightening Santa incident notwithstanding, we still had a lot of fun at the party.

Bonus Pictures!

Here are the kids two weeks ago seeing Santa. Anna wasn't cool with Santa that day either.

And here are the kids last year with Santa. Oh how things have changed.