chet's kindergarten christmas party.

on thursday, the 2 kindergarten classes at chet's school had the cutest christmas party.

what a fun way to finish off the first half of kindergarten!

chet's teacher has been amazing so far, and she certainly lived up to her amazing-ness with this party.

parents, grandparents, and siblings were invited to the party too.

matt was able to skip out on work to make it some of the party, and grandma maralyn was able to come too!

first, the kids got to make couple crafts.

then we had lunch.

then santa arrived!

then the kindergartners performed the songs they have been practicing.

and last, but definitely not least, there was the magic show.

chet thought his party was so special, and he loved including holden in all the fun.

the boys both agreed that the magic show was their favorite part.

the magician was hilarious and (surprisingly) very tricky!

matt, maralyn, and i were watching him like a hawk, and we could not figure out the majority of his tricks of the life of us!

.. like when he showed us an empty balloon, blew it up, and then, when he popped it, a dove flew out. what the heck? devilry, i tell ya.

chet was called up to be a helper at one part of the show. he felt so special!

i agree that the magic show was super entertaining, but i also liked watching the kids perform their songs.

5 year olds are too funny - they have no shame!

click here to watch the kindergarten classes perform 3 songs.

up on the house top, if you can't wait for christmas, and call rudolph.

chet is 5 kids from the left, in a light blue shirt.
(but you may want to direct your attention to the loud girl in the red dress, closer to the middle of the group. she is pretty adorable!)

in september, i was quite worried about chet starting school but, i gotta say, it has been such a great experience so far.