Kam's Kindergarten Christmas Party

Kam's class had their Christmas party on Thursday and it was a lot of fun.  It's the first party her class has had this year, which is a change from Mae's where we partied at every holiday. 

Kam was super excited that Mark was able to make it.  She hung all over him (and so did her friend sitting next to her).  The kids loved watching themselves on the smartboard.  That's Kam at the front of the line at their recent fieldtrip to the Christmas Tree farm.  She was so excited to ride on the school bus!

The kids had a stocking full of goodies.  I swear that it took her ten minutes to go through it...

Silly sunglasses....

Looking at Kam's hair in these pictures just drives me crazy!  I don't know what to do about it.  She will not wear it any way except down with a headband.  I'm still trying to figure out why.  I told her that all her Mimi (it really drives her crazy!) and I want for Christmas is for her to fix her hair!  I'm not holding my breath...

This is Kam's "boyfriend" Landon that she always talks about.  He sits right beside her and I must say that he is super cute! 

This is a terrible picture of me but I don't have that many of me and Kam together because I'm always the one taking them....

One last hug from Daddy before he goes back to work....

Luckily, the kids had recess after their party and were able to run some of that sugar off.  You would not believe the amount of food those kids had on their plates.  Everything had to be offered and they were eager to try it all!  I think they all went home with doggie bags full of sweets!!

Caney Kids Awana Christmas Program

 

The kids had their AWANA Christmas program last night and it was quite entertaining!!  My friend Sherri posted this on Facebook:  "Just left a great Christmas program by the Caney Kids...complete with a fuss for a microphone, highly mobile angels and shooting stars...it was perfect!  Proud to be raising 2 Caney Kids"  Ummm, let's see.... the Chastain kids fit into all of those descriptions last night.  But I couldn't agree more!!!  These are the moments that we won't forget.

Here is a little video of Cooper and Kayleigh fussing over a microphone.  I began taking pictures and quickly realized that I needed to switch to video... it's a little dark but you can make Cooper out.  The real struggle over the microphone begins about halfway through the video.

Santa Comes to Fun Time

Santa made a stop at Fun Time today to visit Cooper's class.  Looks like he had their full attention!

Santa must have said something funny!  This picture just reminds me how far we've come... This is probably the first year that Cooper has willingly gone to sit on Santa's lap.   I can just hear him telling Santa that he wants an "exercise Wii" for Christmas!

Santa and Mrs. Kristi's class....

This picture just cracks me up because all three boys (who are way out numbered!) are not looking at the camera.  As a matter of fact, Cooper looks like he's up to something!  I can't wait to pick him today and hear all about Santa's visit.   HO! HO! HO!

The Stockings Were Hung....

The stockings were hung on the entertainment center with care....

I'm not joking.....it took me (and Mark both!) a long time to get those stocking holders arranged in just the perfect spot with all that garland and mesh.  They kept wanting to fall off and I don't know why because they are really heavy....

Just ask Cooper.  Two weeks ago, he reached up to see his name on his stocking and took a nasty blow to the head...

Bless his heart, he came up saying "I sorry, Mommy!"  I think he knew how hard we worked on those.... but the blood running down his forehead sent me into a panic and I wasn't really worried about my decorations.  A little ice did the trick and he was ok.... but I did wonder for a minute if he was going to need a stitch.

So when Kamdyn bumped another one on Sunday and took a blow to the nose, I didn't panic as much this time.  But, oh Lord, she did! Everyone was there because we were taking mom and dad's picture with the grands.... I think she ran into her room screaming and Brian finally ending up in there talking to her. She didn't want to go to choir practice later on because she was afraid that everyone would see and ask her what happened, which they did!

I fully expected her nose to be black and blue the next day.  It wasn't as bad as I thought, but it is noticable for sure.  She keeps telling everyone a present fell on her.  I'm thinking that I need to add a "proceed at your own risk" sign to my display. 

Memory

I got this email from Kam's teacher this afternoon and I had to chuckle to myself when I read it....

"Just got the biggest kick listening to Kamdyn lay down the law to play her Memory game….” No. 1 you have to take turns…no. 2 you don’t peek (she’s demonstrating with her fingers as well) no. 3 you have to keep them straight and no. 4 it’s the most important you keep them straight”…..funny funny funny"

I think this is probably my fault.  It drives me crazy to play games with her when she's kicking all the cards and pieces around the floor with her feet.   I'm glad to know she was finally listening to something I said!!

Go Panthers!

My brother and Uncle Ronnie are one game away from making it to the state high school championship finals at War Memorial Stadium next week!  But they have to make it past the Magazine Rattlers tonight.... I am beginning to get really nervous already!

Good luck tonight, Panthers! 

Starvin Marvin's

Cooper loves breakfast.  Always has.  His feet hit the floor every morning and he asks "we eat breakfast?"  I call him my farmer boy because he's an early riser and he eats like a farm boy.  It's no surprise that we sometimes have a hard time getting him to eat later in the day.

We were later than normal eating breakfast last week in Branson so Cooper was really starving by the time we made it to eat at Starvin Marvin's.  It's our new (old) favorite place to eat breakfast in Branson now.

 As you can tell, he rolled his sleeves up and literally dug in!!!  I had to laugh as I watched him across the table.  Notice he is wearing a "flap jack shack" shirt that I bought him this summer because he loves pancakes so much! 

Day two back at Marvin's and once again he has his sleeves rolled up and killing some pancakes and eggs.  I believe he ate six large pancakes and scrambled eggs.  I'm not sure he ate anything else the rest of the day.  Trust me when I say that we got our $3.99 worth on him!!