A December full of fun

I got most of my shopping done early.  Good thing.  A friend of mine asked if I could help watch her 3 year old daughter as her job requires a lot of extra hours during December.  Tessa was so excited to be able to play with this girl pretty much every day and she is a really happy, well-behaved little girl.  I also was called as first counselor in the Primary Presidency and we had to get together a few times to work on planning for the upcoming year and stuff. 

Between an extra child during the day and Spencer having a playdate after school I had to try to think of a low-key, cheap or free activity that could be done later in the evening for Friday fun day.  As it turned out my neice was having a dance performance Friday night.  So for Friday fun day we went to Bailee's cute little dance performance.  Tessa loved watching the dancing and Spencer liked seeing Bailee dance.  But it was late by the end and they were exhausted.

Saturday was our Ward's Christmas Breakfast.  We had some waffles and fruit and the kids loved coloring on the paper that covered the cutely decorated tables.  Then the primary kids sang a few songs and Santa arrived!  An awesome couple in our ward was taking pictures and here it is:

After the party we had a little time to kill before Spencer's Jr. Jazz game.  Since the previous week we explained some rules of basketball and spent a little time practicing dribbling and passing.  So he was a little better this week.  And even more importantly he had a lot of fun!  He was smiling and running around the whole time and talking about how much he loves basketball.

Then we headed over to my brother's house for my nephew's birthday party.  Spencer loves playing with Logan and was so excited to go to his house and play.  And Tessa adores Alexis and was so excited to be with the big girl cousins.