Pre-Holiday

This has been the busiest holidays we’ve ever had. AND I’ve remembered to bring the camera everywhere. (Mostly.) So I had to break the updates into 4 photo essays… starting with The activities leading up to the holidays…

The shot above is the kids and their friends right before their first performance of The Nutcracker. They LOVED it and have been playing the music (yay!!!) and pretending to be Clara and the Nutcracker ever since. I can’t wait for next year!

Then we went to a Cirque du Soleil event in Beverly Hills. There were turtles and chocolate, activities, balloons and masks, games and more sweets. We were all in heaven.

I didn’t get a good picture of Jacob’s elaborate long neck dinosaur balloon, but here’s Mol with her heart bracelet she asked for:

Then we went up the street to meet Santa. It’s the first time Jacob sat with him! (Though the only time Jacob looked at the camera, Santa didn’t!)

Molly was more skeptical, and preferred to talk from a distance. I have to say, he was the best Santa I’ve ever seen, and fantastic with the kids.

Mrs. Santa came too, and both kids gave her big hugs.

We went back to Beverly Hills later in the week to see the tree at Rodeo Drive, and the Santas were there again, and the kids were thrilled. (Almost as thrilled as they were with their Vosges Chocolate treats we got that night…)