Christmas Party

After the Sweet Sixteen party, we took the boys to a church Christmas party.

They made crafts.

We took our neighbor, L, with us.  He had a lot of fun.  I just happened to catch him looking very sober.

We mingled and mugged.

We visited with friends.  (I'll print a copy because I think they look really good.)

Then we enjoyed a wonderful dinner.  Four loved the beef brisket.

Baby and I took a selfie and were photobombed by Three.

The kids sang some songs.  You can see Three in the middle.  The top of Four's head is just below Three.  And Five kept waiting until he saw the flash on the camera go off and he would step out of frame.  Three different times.  Just to screw with me.  He laughed and thought it was hilarious.

Then the kids were told to line up for Santa.  Five waited until the kids exited the room to form a nice line in the hall.  Then he raced out and fought his way to the front of the line.

Santa can literally see you right now, Five.  He literally can see you being naughty...

Does it look like he is worried about ending up on Santa's naughty list?

Near the end, the rest of the boys got a turn with Santa.  Baby did fine for his first visit.  No cries.  Yippee!

And yes that is Five, with a candy cane sticking out of his mouth.  Does he look worried about ending up on the naughty list now?  Yeah...I didn't think so. 

Br. W is a professional photographer and he was taking pictures of the kids with Santa so hopefully we will get a good one for the memory book. 

Husband helped serve the dessert, which looked very good.  It was peppermint ice cream with chocolate cake and chocolate drizzle.

And Husband took a moment to look contemplative.  A rare look for him, I assure you.

After all the festivities of the weekend, we went home and crashed hard.