Holiday Party

We hosted our annual Holiday Party again.  Mom decided to do a gingerbread house decorating craft during the party.  For all the little kids...and me too.

Even though it was December, it was a really nice day out.  So we set the houses and candy up outside...for easier cleaning up.

Here's B working on his house.  My house is there, on the left with all the dum dums on top.  Looks good, right?  I worked on mine the morning of the party, so you know, the other kids would have something to aspire towards.  B copied a lot of my ideas.

We had a good time and good food.  Oh and good company too.

We took a grownups picture....but not a kids picture.  Oops. 

Christmas Tree

Mom and Dad thought it would be fun to cut down our Christmas Tree this year.  Luckily for us, we live close to some tree farms (in Los Gatos), so only about a 30 minute drive.  But def took more than 30 to cut down the tree...and they made me do most of the work...

We also took some Christmas card photos...they turned out well.

Okay, Brendan did a little bit....

Then Dad and I had to carry the tree...UP...THE...HILL...

2015 Holiday Party

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Holiday Party!

Xmas Card

Stationery Card

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XMAS!!!!

Of course, time to open presents!  We waited patiently for everyone to wake up....it took a while...but finally, we got busy...

Someone was really excited to open his presents.

Mom and Dad got us "gaming chairs" so we can sit on the floor and watch TV and play video games...hey...she got us a chair to play video games?  What??!?

I was super duper excited to open this...

Oshawott slippers!

Santa got me the Spirograph set and B got Perplexus Epic.

Later, Jenna, Lindsay, Enzo, Uncle Chris and Auntie Susan came over.  We opened our presents...and then played with them!

The next day, Uncle Craig, Auntie Eleanor, Isabelle, Julia, and Great Uncle Ed came over to hang out and have lunch.  We had to rearrange our dining room the day before too.  It was pretty cool to have so many people over!  Thanks for all the gifts!

Xmas Mass

We went to Christmas mass.  In our new sweaters.  It was the children's service and I saw one of my old dance friends sing in the service.  That was pretty cool.

Xmas Party

Our annual holiday party went off without a hitch.  As usual, we got our picture taken BEFORE we got to open presents.  Well worth the wait.  I got a really nice chess set and Brendan got the Skylanders Swapforce game.  Yeah!

My letter to Santa

Gilroy Gardens Holiday Lights

Mom got a coupon for Gilroy Gardens Holiday Lights...I haven't been to see the lights in years and years! (19 months old!)

Okay, it was freezing...like really.  The bay area was frigid.  We had frost warnings and all that.  Mom is wearing like a bajillion layers and well, I'm pretty warm..but I've got 4 layers on.  Long sleeve, then tshirt, sweatshirt and then jacket.  I had gloves later too.

Snow?  

It's foam snow!

Some silly fun

Snoopy...and is that Sally?

I let Brendan drive.  He liked this ride a lot.  He rode 3 times...no line at all!

Uh oh, caught speeding!

The lights were really pretty.  And we dressed warm enough.  We weren't cold.  Mom definitely wasn't cold.  She even had another jacket in her backpack!

Oh, and we had dinner there too.  It was a "feast" of turkey, mashed potatoes, green beans, apple pie, etc.  It was okay....it was more convenient than going out of the park to eat.

Playing some fun games!

I broke 3 plates!  Yay!

There's Brendan driving agin!

Time to go home!

Did you know you can mail letters to Santa from here?