Happy New Year!!
Wishing you a wonderful and happy 2014!!
December went by in the blink of an eye. I was busy doing all of the usual December stuff (shopping, baking, decorating, etc.) and was busy volunteering, too. I volunteer at least once a month at the high school's school store. It's a great excuse for me to see Mackenna during her lunchtime, too!! She has a lunch made up mostly of juniors and seniors. She was lucky a few other freshman girls are in the same lunch. They always sit together (just a little group of five) during lunch. On days I come to the school to volunteer, I always bring a baked treat of some sort for the girls. They love to eat cookies and I love to bake them. It works out perfectly!!
In addition to volunteering at the high school, I also volunteer at Alexa's school. I am mentoring/tutoring a kindergartener once a week. She needs extra help in reading so I was eager for the challenge. Also, I am Alexa's room mom. We had a busy month. There was a cute musical the 5th graders performed and I assisted with extra practices and two of the three performances. We celebrated a polar express day where the kids wore their pajamas to school, watched the movie The Polar Express and we (the room moms for each class) served cookies and hot chocolate. We also celebrated the holidays with a holiday party, too! We had a nacho bar (yum!) and played "Minute-to-Win-it" games. A busy month at school but so much fun!
December also brought some holiday guests. I was so happy my brother, Josh, was able to spend a week here from Chicago. It was great to see him again. We hadn't seen him since last Christmas. Also, it was wonderful for my parents to be able to spend two weeks here. We had such a great time having everyone here!
