A Holiday Sleepover

The kids had a sleepover with their bestest of friends, Marinatha and Obidiah, this weekend.  They decorated some wrapping paper and made tags in the morning.  Our stop at the "electric" store would've made Steve Job's proud as all four lined up and started gaming with complete authority.   Then we made the presumed mac-n-cheese for lunch and took the boys out to a cookie decorating party hosted by Noah's classmate Cole.  Then it was time to head home and for the boys to play legos and for the girls to play dress up.  After dinner, everyone squeezed into the tub for a bubble bath.  It was not so long ago that our tub seemed much larger, now they barely fit!

Chloe and I went on her Montessori School field trip to see the Nutcracker performed by Stapleton ballet.  Ethan went with us and we sat next to Zander and his mom Ann, and Cooper and his mom Lisa on the other.  The mice were a big hit with all of the kids.  The dragon got a mixed verdict of being both very cool, but kinda scary.  I was impressed by the young dancers and the gorgeous costumes.  Photography was ix-nayed, so I couldn't preserve any of the actual performance.  However, it ended up being a gorgeous, blue sky kind of day with temperatures in the mid-70's.  Not bad for December!  So we snapped some shots and ran off some steam chasing the birds...

Tree Lighting

Not ours though.  That's happening this weekend.  However, the local shopping court had a light up night with none other than Big Bad Vodoo Daddy providing some Christmas swing while Santa Claus made his appearance and lit up the tree.  The whole event attracted a crowd.  The kids had fun dashing about while dancing around and we ran into our friends Natalie and McKenzie and then Santa himself.