Thursday, December 2, 2010

Kicking off the Holidays!

I hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving weekend. I am a bit late in getting to this, but the whole family came down with colds following a busy weekend of eating and family and shopping. We crammed a whole lot of Christmas into the days after Thanksgiving as well. We decorated the house, put up the tree and Ian and I went to the Nutcracker. It is officially Christmas at our house. The elf on the shelf has arrived and the boys are on their best behavior...sort of.

Enjoy the pictures of our weekend!


A break in the wrestling to smile for Mom.


Ian and Laney Beth playing in Laney's favorite chair. She loves to climb in and out and her brothers usually jump in with her.


Ian and Nana and their snowman cake. Ian loves to make cakes!

All dressed to go shopping on Friday and dancing to Christmas music while they wait! Dance parties in Laney's room are popular at our house. A family picture in front of Seattle's Christmas tree.Another family pic on the carousel. This is a tradition for us although this is the first time we all got to ride it. Laney was so excited to get on the horse until it started moving. She did NOT like it until Mike jumped on with her. The boys thought it was great!
Waiting for the tree lighting. The kids were a bit impatient through the half hour show that came first. They did enjoy the crowd singing jingle bells though. It was a long wait, but worth it!The tree lighting with fireworks! It was a great show!
After a long day of shopping and fireworks, matching Christmas pajamas were in order of course.


Finding our tree...

Me and the kids and our tree.

Mike doing the honors...
The boys watching the tree come down. Enjoying some cocoa and hot cider after the tree hunt.


The tree at home, decorated and getting the final touches. Ian remembers everything this year and did not forget that the tree topper is HIS job!


Ian and Mama on our date night to the Nutcracker. He had a great time and it held his attention! His favorite part was the battle--no surprises there! Merry Christmas to everyone!

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