Gingerbread Night & Winter Party

(Viewer Note...You have to see the pictures from the bottom to the top to make them go in order!)
Merry Christmas!!

A Day at the Park

We had the BEST time as a family at the Dinosaur Museum at Fair Park on Saturday. Tucker's cute little friend had a birthday party out there...what a great idea! It was a total trek and the trip to Downtown Dallas took a little while, but the kids did great in the car and it was so worth it! During the party the kids got to do a dinosaur dig and then walk around the animatronic dinosaurs, which were a big hit. It was cute that Tucker's friends were there for him to explore with...and it meant that Patrick and I had a more even ratio with the babies!! Tucker loved the animatronic dinosaurs, and he and his friend Liam kept trying to 'attack' them with their cool dinosaur hats! Carter and Presley proved to be really brave too and they never cried. In fact, Presley kept laughing every time they roared, and she would say "ha ha ha...Cha Cha!" which is what she calls my sister's tiny little pug!! Every dinosaur and every roar was "Cha Cha!"

When we got the kids home and bathed at the end of the night, Presley kept us all in stitches as she ran around the living room, crouched down like a dinosaur, roaring at all of us! It was the funniest thing, and I'm so mad at myself for not getting it on video. So, so funny, and a great family memory.

After the Dinosaur Museum part of the party, we went downstairs to the Children's Museum, and that was so much fun as well! There were all kinds of things for the kids to do like make giant bubbles, see a tornado, and experience an interactive play area. Presley "drove" the fire truck the whole time, and did not want to get out at all. It makes me want to get her some sort of car -- she just loved "driving!"

I had include this picture of what she looked like the next morning...she had taken her jammies off during the night and thrown them on the floor. Good thing she didn't take her diaper off!!

And if you can ignore the laundry that was in the process of being folded, you can see my little BFF's laying in my bed watching "The Polar Express" on Saturday morning. It was so cute -- the first time they've ever laid in bed and watched a movie, alone or together. Even Presley was entertained by the 'choo choo movie'. Glad to have captured the first of many movie watches together :o)

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas...

Yea! It's Christmas time! I love this time of year, even more so since I've become a mom. I had fun decorating the house and the tree for the season (yes, I had fun...I don't allow the little ones to help! LOL I like it to look nice and neat! I know I need to let this go!)


Notice how many dang stockings we have this year! Our family has grown from three to five in such a short time.

And the lights that I wrapped around each branch since the prelit tree's lights went out, have started to go out as well! It's just not my year for the tree I guess.

And here's our 2010 Christmas card, on it's way to a mailbox near you! I stinking love how great they came out.

Can't wait to post all the fun things Christmas time brings. Merry Christmas!