Ragg's Kids Club Holiday Jam

Shannon & I got comp tickets from my friend, Dawn to take the boys to the Raggs Kids Club Holiday Jam. The music was so much fun. They really enjoyed the production! It's a cute little show on ETV at 3:30! We did the matinee show and pretty much had the floor to ourselves for the boys to dance and walk up to the stage to see the characters. It was fun!! They even got a comp CD and the end of the show with great Raggs Christmas songs!

Blog??? What Blog???

Oh yeah! this BLOG!!!!

Sorry I once again fell off the map. With all of my giving thanks, volunteering and stationery orders, I forgot I had a life!!! Let me try to catch you up ...Our most recent adventure was to the Zoo for the Lights before Christmas. The boys LOVED it! Shannon & I enjoyed it too. We roasted marshmallows and wore our holographic glasses-----

Side Story: About 10 years ago at the Holiday Market, I purchased
holographic glasses for my entire family. Basically, they're 3D glasses that turn
lights into snowflakes. And since that's the only snow we ever get to see, we
wear them frequently throughout the season! Anywho... EVERY YEAR we drag them out and stare at our Christmas Lights.We ride around town and stare at other
people's lights while other people are staring at the freaks in the car with the
weird sunglasses on at night. Yes folks...I do agree...we are quite strange!

SOOOOO! Needless to say the zoo was a quite a trip for the boys.

Fulton kept his glasses on THE WHOLE TIME! Everyone thought he was the cutest thing!

Mommy and Sam roasting Marshmallows

Sam and Fu at the little Gingerbread Houses

The Sea Lion Light show

Sam was all-tuckered out! He went to sleep with his magna-doodle and we thought this was too adorable and had to take a picture. AWWWW...He traced his little hand! (only parents obsessed with their children can appreciate that)

OKAY have fun checking out the rest and getting caught up!

Oh! and as usual...I'm taking Holiday requests for the Blog Amp!

Tree Trimming

Our tree picking ritual was all out of whack this year. My volunteer obligations for the Holiday Market cut into my usual time line. Anyway...we took the little sweet potatoes to pick out our Christmas tree. They have so much fun and are so proud of their tree EVERY YEAR! Fulton was hilarious and really got into it this year! The had a great time putting the ornaments on. There were only two ornament casualties...one of which was my fault!

We're takin' her home folks!
My annual ultra-cheesy picture of Shannon bringing in the tree!
Shannon trimmed a branch off an Fulton picked it up and said "No Daddy! Don't break it!" It was so cute!

Sam hung the first ornament

Then Fu got his turn...he chose his Elmo ornament from NaNa.

Mommy finished up (re-decorated) the tree the next day and they posed in front of the finished product for their Christmas card picture. This is my favorite of my simple Holiday decor! I made a GIGANTIC 24 loop bow with the guidance of none other than the professional bow-maker, Cathy Tronco via phone! And I love my glittery balls! I used a red, apple green, and gold theme this year with lots of lights. I also use the same balls, smaller versions, on the mantel with this really neat garland that I took apart and stuck into the garland. I'll try to get a close up of it and post it later.

Okay, I'm by NO means a photographer but I thought this was a pretty Christmasy shot...Not bad in my opinion!

More Holiday festivities to come...