Thankgiving straight into Christmas!
What with two kids with double ear infections leading right into a wonderful (but crazy busy) Thanksgiving weekend with Grandma and Grandpa, which took us right to this weekend where we got the tree and decorated the house for our holiday party next weekend, there hasn’t been a free second to update anything. But here are a couple of quick pics from Thanksgiving weekend (we have been too busy having fun lately to take many pictures!)
So here is Thanksgiving dinner, where Molly and Mom arm wrestled for the leg…
And here’s the man of the house, carving!
Then we spent Friday at LACMA and the tar pits in the gorgeous sunshine, and came home to make the kids requested dinner – pumpkin soup. Yum. Saturday we were so lucky to have miraculous (even for Southern California) weather, and went to Descanso Gardens for family pictures and sunshine walks. Jim got some gorgeous shots of the kids:
And the whole family – but you’ll have to wait to see that one on our Holiday card… headed to your mailbox shortly! Sunday we went to the El Capitan theater for The Muppet Movie and a live show before hand singing along with Miss Piggy and Kermit. We were all pretty much in heaven. It even snowed in the theater. Molly’s one question, about the decorations of presents: “Who are those for?” Jacob’s answer: “I think the muppets, Molly.” Ice cream and a fabulous Vietnamese dinner later and we were all home to bed. Then all too soon, Grandma and Grandpa had to leave. The kids are already planning their next visit!
This week we kicked into holiday high gear, ushering it in with a tree lighting (complete with an all cookie buffet which served as dinner – there were so many cookies even Molly gave up!) at the Biltmore, which will be a new family tradition. As we were leaving, I told the kids to look at the lights at Pershing Square, and Jacob said, “Mommy, I think you are wrong. That must be Pershing Rectangle. One side is longer.” He is a genius! Then yesterday we went to an amazing show at the Disney Concert Hall – the Czech Marionette Theater show. We all loved it, and the kids also loved the Ukranian tile painting
and puppet making that they offered as arts and crafts for the kids prior to the show.
And today we began cookie baking for our holiday party next weekend, had a playdate with a friend the kids never wanted to have end, and topped it off with getting and decorating the tree, putting out the menorah and singing carols before bed!
It was quite the day! And we’re only getting started with all the holiday fun!
Did I mention we’ve also moved on in our bedtime reading? We’re on a Roald Dahl kick. We just finished The Fantastic Mr. Fox, and have started Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Bedtime is now singalongs and read aloud chapter books, and I think that Mommy enjoys it even more than the kids! (Which is only fair, because seriously, other than that part, bedtime is a nightly struggle that is the bane of my day…)
Happy Holidays!
