the Schrader 5

We've had even more holiday fun this week. On Wednesday Johnna hosted a holiday party at her house. It was a lot of fun and Johnna was an awesome host. Everyone brought tons of delicious food and drink. We did a white elephant ornament exchange and of course that was a riot. Last night was the Winter Wonderland at school. The PTA did an incredible job of decorating the school. The chorus put on a second performance of their Light Up Flagler show. The PTA had set up little craft centers around the campus and had hot chocolate and cookies. Here Will and Noah decorate their mitten ornaments.
Tonight was the toy party. I can't even imagine all the hard work Donna, Susan, Vicki, and Amy put into organizing the event. It is open the community and everyone brings an unwrapped gift. There are raffles going on as well. Of course there was tons of wonderful food and drink! The best part of the night is when the teachers from the schools that are present get to dive into the pile of presents and scout out gifts for the kids at school. Read-Pattillo definitely had the unfair advantage of having tons of people there to scout out! So, after getting lots of great gifts for some families from school we loaded up the cars and drove it all over to the school. Next week will involve sorting through all that stuff and wrapping it.

Tomorrow I am taking Will and Noah to watch Emma's choral performance. Hopefully it won't get rained out. While we are at that, Chris is taking Ethan to his friends' birthday party. They are twins and Danielle is in his class and Daniel is a scouting buddy. The plan is to see Alvin and the Chipmunks with the girls once all of that wraps up. Then Sunday Eric and Asa arrive with the girls. I'm not sure what the plans are during their visit, but I'm sure we'll have fun!