Merry Christmas!

This year we are so excited to be celebrating Christmas in Big Bear with the family but because of schedules we left the next morning. So we spent Christmas morning at Grandma's house.

Logan's facial expression when he saw his police car! He was so excited!
All the gifts got taken up to Big Bear except the huge police car and life size doll house..lol
We all filled up on mimosa's, crapes and fruit. It was so good!!
And the kids had their own little table, SO CUTE!
Taking the car for a test drive
Then we went to feed the ducks with Grandma, Uncle Erich and Aunt Melissa at Central Park. We were all so excited to spend some time with Uncle Erich and Aunt Melissa and so glad they were able to make it to Big Bear!
The kids spent some time at the playground, swinging and playing in the sand.
It was a perfect day and the perfect start to an unforgettable week!

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!!