Christmas Dresses 2008

The Jack family has a tradition of always dressing the cousins alike for the holidays. Here they are in their 2008 Christmas outfits...

Emily - 2, Kennedy - 2, Ethan - 5 Months, Nana, Papa, Reagan - 3
Caleigh - 6, and Katelyn - 5

For those of you who know my brother and sisters, you may be wondering who each of the kids belong to. Well, Katelyn and Kennedy belong to Kevin and me. My brother, Kevin, does not have any children yet. Mindy and Tom have Emily and Ethan. Tiffany and her fiance Bobby have Reagan and Caleigh.

I thought these next two pictures were just candid and cute. They were the last pictures we took before dinner. Emily had already had enough and decided not to be in this picture. Ethan was trying to wiggle out of Katelyn's arms.

We had such a wonderful Christmas being together. We are a family that is truly blessed.

Can You Read This?

Can you read this...well, if you are a kindergarten or 1st grade teacher, I bet you can. This is what Katelyn wrote in her diary...all by herself!

jmqwes is the best
y B cus you can in jmqwes do brs and you can do poo ofrs.

Translation for you non primary teachers:
GymQuest is the best. Why? Because in GymQuest you can do bars and you can do pullovers.

Here are some more diary entries:
O Hi it is me.

This is me and my sir Kennedy. (translation...This is me and my sister Kennedy)

I Love you Kennedy

I was pretty impressed with the spaces between her words and the periods at the end. I was loving the high frequency words and invented spellings too!

Here is her Christmas list for Santa that she did at school:
1. Bndris (Bendaroos)
2. Litipesh (Littlest Pet Shop) Did you notice the sh! This is big for invented spellings. She actually uses "sh" a lot in her writing, and always correctly.
3. Srpis (Surprises)
4. Gif for Kennedy (Gifts for Kennedy)

How stinkin sweet...gifts for Kennedy on Katelyn's Christmas list. She just might be the sweetest, smartest kid I know...I'm not biased of course:).

Brunch with Santa

Here are some fun pictures from the annual Santa Brunch at CCN.

All four of us

Santa visited us at our table



Time to decorate some yummy cupcakes







Of course, the girls had a chance to sit on Santa's lap



Santa gave the girls little stockings filled with candy



Singing Jingle Bells with Santa - and jingling Santa's real bell





We had a family photo taken of the four of us along with Gre, Papoo, and Santa. But, the club took the picture with their camera instead of ours. I am hoping to get a copy of that picture since it showed all six of us together with Santa.

The girls also enjoyed face painting, balloon artists, crafts, and a huge bouncer to jump in.
It was a great afternoon of family fun!