Sunday, December 6, 2009

Whobilation!!!

Jared and I were called to the activities committee 2 weeks before the Christmas party. They said they needed more people to help out and since we were "new" in the ward they chose us. OH BOY! We were so excited!!!
Anyway, the theme was "A Whobilation". It was all centered around How the Grinch Stole Christmas. And by the end of the evening Cindy Lou Who made sure that everyone understood what the true meaning of Christmas was. It really was an AMAZING party. It just took A LOT of work to prepare. They asked Jared (and me) to make signs for each of the activity rooms that people could roam through for the first hour. Well, if you know Jared at all then you know these could be no ordinary signs. The party was last night and I'm glad its finally over. We had to make 14 signs. 1 week and many sleepless nights later this was the final result....

Each child had a package in the post office

Water gun game shooting a snowman ping pong ball off a tee

Balloon dart game

Anyone could go in and get a "whoville" hair style
Make a Grinch Christmas ornament
Pick a present- they gave a small gift to everyone
A game of "toss" using garbage and throwing it into a trash can
Take a photo with the Grinch
"Operation" giving the Grinch his heart that grew 3 sizes (my dad gave us the x-ray)
Each person got to go into the candy store and fill a candy bag with homemade candies
They served hot cocoa and funnel cakes in this room
This room was set up as a cafe. Anyone could go in and read "poetry" from a Dr. Seuss book while a band played behind them.
Last but not least...The Nativity room. Members of our ward brought their Nativity scenes to put on display in the chapel.
It really was an excellent activity and everyone had a blast. They ended the program portion of the activity with a live nativity and then had everyone circle around the Christmas tree and sing Silent Night. It was really neat. Jared stayed to help clean up and I thought it would take HOURS to clean up the mess. But there were so many people in the ward that stayed to help it only took about an hour to get everything put back to normal. Here are a few more pictures from the night.

Making Grinch ornaments

Last year's Cheermiester-The Grinch

Cayden enjoyed watching the dancers, band, and singers, but his favorite was the Grinch


~LOVE TO ALL~

3 comments:

Jenny Moore said...

Wow, that looks like an amazing party and a lot of work!!
Good job you guys on helping out!!
GREAT signs!!!

Jess said...

Wow, that would be a lot of work, but sounds like so much fun!

I love all the signs. They are so creative! Way to go you 2. I am sure they took hours and hours to do.

I'm glad everything turned out so well. I can't believe little Cayden is almost 2! I remember being in Toys R Us 2 years ago when Jared called us. Time flies! Now I can't wait to get another call :)

Love you!

Unknown said...

Wow! That does look like a lot of work, but you guys did GREAT!

:)