Some Overdue Pictures

I was going through iPhoto and found several pictures of the kids that I'd planned on posting on the blog, but never got around to.  Thought you might want to see some of them.  :) 

These were taken during Zoo week.  It's hard to see, but the kids are standing on an "elephant tightrope."  We'd sing:

One elephant went out to play,

On an elephant tightrope one day.

He (or She) had such ENORMOUS fun,

He (or She) called for another elephant to come.

More kids would get added on until we got to the end:

Six elephants went out to play,

On an elephant tightrope one day.

They had such ENORMOUS fun,

Then the tightrope broke, and they all fell down!

Gavin obviously didn't seem to be as excited about falling off the tightrope as the rest of the kids were!

And here are some pictures of our cookie decorating party:

And on to the decorating:

And finally the "my tongue has more stuff on it than yours" contest:

And the week before Christmas we made peppermint bark (yes, we did do other things, but this is what I got pictures of):

Gavin was a little freaked out by the noise generated by everyone crushing candy canes!