Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Christmas Fun

We had a fun packed weekend! On Friday we had Grace's Holiday show, then on Saturday we had our friends Claire and Pete over with their adorable twin girls! After they left we decided to track down some dinner and do a quick BJ's run. When we are in the car at night we have a game we play with Grace and we all yell out when we see Christmas lights. If the house is on your side you say "mine side" if it's on someone else's side you say "your side." Grace loves this! We passed a few houses with lights on the way home, when Grace proclaimed that she wanted to see more lights. Cole and I knew exactly where to take her. There is a place just down the street from us that has lots of lights, is free, and usually has free hot chocolate and popcorn on the weekends. It's called the Festival of Lights.

We decided to let Grace go walk through it once before heading home. She loved it!
 Then on Sunday we drove down to Hyannis to the Cape Codder to attend the M.A. C.O.P.S Christmas party.
Grace ready to go.
 Grace and Cole
 For some reason the kids were hamming it up, so I just snapped away!
 The party was great the kids got a ridiculousness amount of gifts and the food was delicious! Everyone did a great job putting together this party. 
 Emma with her new baby
 Bagpipers 
 Emma stole Carter's policeman bear.
 Jacob was there as well!
 As was Jackson! 
 Grace eating the yummy food! They even had a separate buffet for the kids, such a great idea!
 Emma hanging with Papa.
 Carter
 The Honor Guard marching Santa in.
 Surprisingly neither baby cried at Santa.
 Emma and Cole
 Before we left Grace wanted to show me the fancy seat she found.
Yay for another fun weekend! 

Monday, December 12, 2011

Holiday Show

Friday night Grace had her Holiday Show at school. To say she was excited was an understatement, the kid was practically bouncing off the walls. In fact, instead of napping, she spent the whole 2 hours in her room singing Christmas songs!

She was so excited to wear her "reindeer dress with jingle bells." I didn't try it on her ahead of time, and just figured that since it was a 4T it should be fine, man, that was one short dress! But once I got it on her, there was no way I was battling her to get it off. I pick my battles in this house and I'm saving all my "Your dress is way to damn short to wear out of this house" for when she's 14. I fear we'll be having lots of those!

 Grace being the nut she is, was playing her jingle bells on her dress.
 The kids had to be there at 6, but the show didn't start until 630, so we dropped G off and went and grabbed seats. It was the babies' bedtime, so they were super grumps, but Jackson was doing a great job entertaining them, while we waited.
 The show was a mixture of the M/W/F older class and Grace's Tu/Th class. 
 Grace sitting among all the boys, uh oh.
 I don't think Grace sang a single word of any of the songs!
 Santa showed up!
 Santa was a little over the top with his "ho hos" which I think scared some of the kids, hell, I know it frightened me!
 Grace happily sat n Santa's lap though.
 After they each got their gift from Santa, they went back to the class room and had desserts. 
 I brought these brownies that have been all over Pinterest, seriously so easy!
 Jacob
After the show we had 3 very tired kids, who cried almost the whole way home, so other then that it was a great night!

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Elf Pictures

Yup, more pictures of Jack!
Jack getting a check-up with Dr. Barbie.
 Snowball fight with Buzz
 Just sitting on a shelf
 Hiding in a new cup for Gracie.
 Jack enjoying some elf donuts.
 Jack colored our milk green and left some green Oreos!
 Jack showering this morning.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Weekend Pictures

Well, now that another weekend is upon us, I guess I should probably update the blog with last weekend's pictures. Last Saturday we took the kids on an Elf on a Shelf hayride. It was great! The Old Company Store in Wareham does this hayride every year. It was our first year doing it, and we had a blast.

We got there just as a hayride pulled up, so we didn't have to wait at all. The tractor pulls you through the cranberry bogs.
On the way to the cranberry bogs, they read you the story of Elf on a Shelf.
Then you have to look for all the elves hiding in the bogs.
When you see an elf you shout "ELF!"
Grace had such a blast looking for elves.
After the ride they had hot chocolate, coffee, and cookies back at the store. The kids also got a bell necklace to wear and they got to pick out a Christmas tattoo. Grace really loved this event. We will definitely be going back next year. As a side note, the Old Company Store is great! If you are ever looking for something to do when bored, just go walk around the store! It's filled with all sorts of fun things. Grace is especially fond of their candy section!

On Sunday, we had a Christmas party to go to, so I tried to whip together this Santa bread, I found on Pinterest. It didn't turn out quite, like the picture, but close enough for me.
Just a few pictures of the kids in some festive clothes!
We are gearing up for another fun filled weekend, starting with Grace's Holiday show tonight!

Weekly Weigh In

I didn't have a great week, I had a few weak moments, but I managed to lose 1.3 pounds. That now brings my total to 76.7 pounds lost. My goal is to make it from now until after Christmas without having another cheat meal. It will be hard, but I need to push myself more. I find that I've been giving into my cravings, more then I'd like to admit.

Monday, December 5, 2011

What Decade Is it?

I am so behind it times, this is how I listen to music, while I cook and clean in the kitchen:
 
Yup, with a Dora radio! How cool am I?! My iPod died a few months ago, which is right around the same time I stopped running, coincidence? I think not! We don't have wifi here so I can't even bring my laptop out into the kitchen. So whenever I talk about cooking picture me rocking out with my Dora radio!

Friday, December 2, 2011

Elfcapades

Some rest elfcapades:

Jack brought Grace some popcorn.
Jack sleeping in the candy canes.
 Jack playing checkers with Minnie.
 Jack left the cap off the toothpaste! Naughty little elf
 Jack baked Grace some cookies last night!