Holiday Party

My Mom's group got together at the park to let the kids decorate gingerbread houses and play.

All the kids had a great time and mine loved all the candy involved in making them!
After they were done decorating, the kids ran around the park and got some of their energy out.
It looks like the girls stood around and gossiped...lol
We had a great time and the kids are getting so excited about the holidays!

Front Row Please

It was a busy Friday night in December at Disneyland and Grandma and I decided to take the kids to see the Christmas parade. Although I underestimated the time it would take to get there ( traffic ) and get into the park ( apparently a lot of people go to Disneyland in the afternoon! ) So we made it in the park about 5 minutes before the parade started.
Lucky for us, not many people wanted to squeeze in front of the trash cans so we walked into front row seats and just in time for the parade.

The kids loved the parade! They danced and waved to all their favorite characters.

After the parade we spent some time in toon town. Logan went exploring with Grandma and Ellanie and I went to see Mickey. She has been asking to see Mickey although the last time we went she was afraid to get close to him. But this time was SO different! She went up to him with no hesitation and gave Mickey a hug and high five. She was thrilled after we left Mickey... PRICELESS!

Bye bye Shamoo

Our Sea World passes were up at the end of 2011 so we made one last visit for the year.

The kids LOVE looking at aquariums, fish and underwater life! Sea World as been great because it's so big that every time we've gone we have been able to see something new.
Every time we go the kids like to feed the Sea Lions.
It was a big surprise to see SNOW at Sea World. They had a large area with snow to build snowman and play in. So the kids got their first feel for the snow.
Then we got up close and personal with the Polar Bears.
We took a break to watch the Shamu show.
And then rode a few rides. The kids are really starting to like going on rides.
They were really into the spinning cups at first, then Logan started to feel a little sick. He laid his head down on Dad and said, " O No." poor kids has my severe motion sickness!

Cruisin for Lights

We rented a duffy boat and spent the afternoon cruising around Newport Harbor looking at Christmas lights.

The kids loved looking at all the houses decked out for the holidays!
We brought sandwiches, fruit , snack and drinks and had dinner on the boat.
Logan loved driving the boat!!

Decorating the Tree

The kids were beyond excited when we brought out big boxes of toys they haven't seen yet! It was time to decorate our toy themed Christmas tree and the kids loved every minute of it.

They carefully unwrapped and looked at everything and then started putting on the ornaments.

The kids loved the tree and every time we would get up in the morning or home from being out they would ask to have the lights on.
After playing with all the ornaments, they loved playing with all the paper!

Happy Birthday Morgan!

Morgan is 2 and we had a good time celebrating over at Kevin and Jackie's house!