On Friday we took Eva to Northpark mall in Dallas. We debated about seeing the train exhibit there but decided to wait another year or so. I dressed her up in her festive outfit (the one I hand wash all the time so she can keep rewearing it) and we enjoyed the sights and sounds of Christmas at Northpark.
I had heard that they do a Santa story time and luckily we ended up in front of Macy's at just the right time. We decided to just do story time instead of sitting on Santa's lap this year. She got to shout out "Bike!" when Santa asked the kids to tell him what they wanted. We didn't make it through the whole story time but she enjoyed it.
At lunch time we met up with my parents to celebrate my dad's 61st birthday. Eva sure loves her Baba!
Saturday afternoon we took Eva to a concert for one of our youth students. I mentioned in over places how well she did and I am still so impressed. Eva does not sit still and is not quiet but she did so great at the concert. She likes classical music and loves her friend Austin (who played in the concert) so I think that along with some Dora stickers and the promise of candy helped her to last for the whole concert.
Sunday morning our church did an event that included breakfast with Santa! She was very excited to see him again, especially close up in person! She didn't want a picture alone with him but was perfectly happy to smile as long as her daddy was holding her. And she hasn't stopped talking about him.....
During the breakfast the kids could decorate gingerbread houses and cookies. What kid doesn't want a heaping of sugar to go with their breakfast?
Eva may have tried several times to swipe extra cookies and candy.
Look at that Santa cookie! I always have big dreams of how my cookies could look but they always end up as a blob of frosting with sprinkles.
The kids went into BKids while the adults went to service. Eva loves to sing and dance long during BKids Worship!
As part of our special Sunday we had different stations set up for the kids to learn about giving. While the bigger kids were doing a lesson with their teachers I took Eva and her friend Lennon out of the nursery to do a few of the stations. First we decorated cards to give to people who need a bit of cheering up at Christmas time. Eva covered her card in Buzz Lightyear and sports stickers. Let's hope that card makes it to a little kid who will enjoy those stickers.
Then I took them to the story station which I did for the bigger kids too. I love that they both lied down to read the story. Those two crack me up :)
We wrapped up the weekend with our Student Ministries' Christmas party. We played games, wore tacky sweaters, and ate way too much sugar all while celebrating the birth of Jesus!
PS Eva posed herself like that when we went to take the picture. Where did she even get that idea?
Looks like a fun-filled weekend! We will have to get a pic of Eva and Mallory in their Christmas outfits!
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