Tis the Season to be Jolly

We had a fun filled December with lots of events and activities to celebrate the season. At the beginning of the month, we put up our Christmas tree.


Emma decided to be our stand in while the real tree was being put up.

Ian helped to decorate "the tree"

Finding all their favorite ornaments
Everyone had to have a turn putting the star on top:



The finished product
One day we went to a friend's house to decorate Gingerbread houses. Emma and Ian each took one side of the house. Emma was very artistic with her side, while Ian was very precise.

Emma's class at school was in a concert of holiday music.

Ian waiting for the show to start

Emma ready to sing

Emma and her teacher and the flowers Daddy got her
One evening, we took the train into downtown San Jose their Christmas in the Park. Emma's girl scout troop decorated one of the trees.

Thanks for the fun glasses, Uncle David

We saw Snowman and Santas in all the Christmas lights
The weekend before Christmas, we (along with Emma's gingerbread Fred) took a quick trip down south....

To visit these guys:


and this girl:

Even though it was pretty crowded, we had a great time visiting the new Carsland and riding lots of rides. We know had to work the system and spend the least amount of time in line using fast passes and rider switch passes.

Santa came on Christmas eve and left a big stash of presents under our tree and we have had a long school break to try out all our new toys. One if the favorites is these magnatiles:

I already know that we should have bought the bigger set

Both kids have had a great coming up with creations
On New Years Eve, we went over to our friend's house to celebrate with great food and fun.

We didn't make it quite to midnight but we got pretty close. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas seasons and have an amazing new year!