Karsen's Christmas Open House

Today at school Karsen's class hosted a Christmas open house. Since auntie Amy has not yet been to see Karsen's classroom, she and Luke came along to visit the classroom with me.

We viewed all of the beautiful decorations that the kindergarteners had made, the candy canes, stockings, Christmas trees, and stars.

Here are Karsen and Carrington enjoying some tasty snacks the kindergarteners helped prepare and set out. We ate graham crackers with frosting and sprinkles, a friendship mix with Cheerios, peanuts, pretzels, and M&M's, and Hershey Kisses and milk.


Here are some of Karsen's good friends: Dillon, Graham, and Carrington.



And here is Karsen with the lady who does it all: her kindergarten teacher, Miss Beth. The attendees all got a bead and pipe cleaner wreath ornament for our trees at home or a homemade Christmas card, and the parents received their kindergarten cookbook of the children's favorite recipes. Karsen picked peanut butter and jelly, and her recipe was very follow-able. I'm not sure if she sees me make this often for Austin's lunchbox, or why exactly she picked that, but I'm glad she didn't say "Hamburger--Drive to Burger King and they are already made" as a few kids in her class did. Can't pull anything over on these kids!!

We also got to play some games with auntie Amy when she came back to our house, and Karsen definitely won "Memory." Luke amazed us by pointing to a picture of Austin, and saying proudly, "Austin!" Luke also very much enjoyed the salsa at Los Amigos.

Speaking of Austin, he did not make it down the hallway to the kindergarten open house, even though his classmates Sarah and Natalie came to support their brothers. Apparently sacrificing gym and/or recess was too much for him, but Karsen (who also loves her gym and recess) was very understanding.