Elissa got a friendship bracelet maker for Christmas.
She has been asking me to help her make one since she opened it up.
I got it for her, but I have been putting off figuring out how to do it.
Today we took on the challenge.
I was reading the directions trying to figure it out and Darin decides to step in. :-)
(I guess my brow was furrowed too much. LOL!)
Darin showed us both how to do it and then Elissa took over. She was working on it for about 10 minutes and she was ready to be done. She asked if we could stop and finish tomorrow. :-) I told her that we needed to finish this one so we really learned how to do it. She wanted to make the fancy ones with a heart pattern, but I told her she needed to learn the basics before we could do one of those. Needless to say, I ended up finishing it for her.
Then that evening the Jones' came over and the kids exchanged Christmas presents.
Zach and Payton are SO cute! They get along really well.
It is interesting how the dynamics are changing a bit.....Payton (6.5yrs) & Zach (3.75yrs) pretty much play together, Charis (8.5yrs) & Elissa (6.5yrs) play together, and Jaice (10yrs) usually plays his DS or hangs out with the adults. They are growing up!
Charis came in and Elissa & Charis immediately went up to Elissa's room. Though they both had been starving, they didn't want to eat anymore. They just wanted to play together. We only saw them when we opened presents and when they wanted to put on a show.
Elissa made some ornaments with Grandma in early December and so she decided to give one to Auntie Kirstin. As she told Kirstin, "I made these and I didn't have anyone to give this to, so I gave it to you." LOL!
It was a fun time.
The kids definitely don't see enough of each other.
We'll have to try and do better in 2011.
And how is it that I always forget to get all the kids together to get a picture??
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