Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you all.  We are very blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

We love you all!

Matt, Michelle and Kueffer

Giving is the BEST gift

Yesterday, Kueffer and his best buddy, Cole hosted a darling Christmas Cookie Decorating party for their preschool friends. It was a wonderful way to kick off the holiday break!

In the invitation, we had made this request "in this season of giving, we will be collecting toys to donate to Operation Breakthrough. If you would like to contribute, please bring a new unwrapped toy to the party."....well, donate they did! We had over 2 large bags full of toys for little boys and girls!

 

Today, Cole's mommy and daddy took the boys to Operation Breakthrough to make the donation. They were so excited about giving...and it was a wonderful lesson for them. Really, for us all.

Cookie Party!

The day after school was out for holiday break, Kueffer and his buddy,

Cole hosted a Cookie Decorating party! 

It was so cute- the kiddos wore their aprons with their names and decorated cookies and 'Christmas Trees' from sugar cones.  The girls were so detailed, while the boys, well...they were 4-5 year old boys.  Let's just say, they went thru LOTS of frosting and were finished decorating in no time!

There were about 20 children, so it was a fun and rompus room...especially after LOTS of sugar! 

After they had decorated cookies,

we made special gifts for them to give their mommies, grandmas, ..anyone that they wished. 

 In keeping with the baking theme, we cut out their hand prints and ironed them on red hot pads. 

 They were really cute and the children were so proud that they had a gift to give!

The party ended with everyone watching the Grinch movie...hoping to calm them down a bit after the milk and cookies. ;)

 

The best part of the party was that each child brought a gift to donate to Operation Breakthrough.  They really got it and enjoyed dropping off their special present.

 

It was a super fun (and exhausting) party...we hope that it's the start of a wonderful tradition!

Preschool Nativity Program

Kueffer goes to a wonderful preschool and we are very blessed to have teachers and administrators that care for all of their little ones so well. 

Every year they reinact the story of Jesus' birth. 

 It is so sweet listening to the children tell the story and see them in their costumes. 

At the beginning of the program, Ms. Terri, the director of the preschool started to tell the story,

but let everyone know that Kueffer already knew much of it. 

 He was singing 'Away in a Manger' softly as she was talking. ;) 

 

 Kueffer's buddy, Cole...the angel! :)

They did such a wonderful job!  The perfect way to remember the reason for the season!



Holiday Fun!

So sorry that I've been absent for a while.  I have A LOT of fun times to catch everyone up. 

 We've had a VERY busy fall and can't believe that the Christmas season is in full swing. 

Today, Kueffer and Mommy visited the KC Holiday Train at Union Station with our good friends and K's best buddy, Cole and Amy. 

It was such a fun day and a wonderful way to end this day.

He's back!

 

Our elf, Biscuit is back!  He arrived a couple of days later than some of the other elves in the 'hood, but he left Kueffer this note explaining why...He was really busy helping Santa with some last minute toy planning.  He did let Kueffer know that he had heard that he was being mostly nice, only a little naughty...so far. ;)  He's been a fun elf so far and has been all over the house in the last week.