Gingerbread House Construction - 12/17/12

Harrison's preschool teachers coordinated a Gingerbread House Building Party for all the kids and their families for today. It sounded like fun, so we all went over to the school to try out our engineering skills! It was a lot of fun! I don't know what they mixed into the frosting to make it so good for construction, but that stuff was like concrete when it dried!

Figuring out how to eat the house once it dried was no challenge for Declan! If it won't pull apart, just pick up the whole house and start chewing!

Cookies for Santa - 12/12/12

We have been hard at work making holiday cookies for Santa (and Harrison's preschool teachers)! Harrison and Declan are both great little bakers. They are also pretty good taste testers and cookie dough swipers...but, we managed to bake up a nice assortment of cookies for Santa!

Helping Shovel the Snow - 12/11/12

 

 Harrison loved helping Kevin clear the snow off of our driveway and sidewalk yesterday. He loved it so much, they even cleared the neighbor's drive!

 Now, he can't wait for it to snow more, so he can build a snowman!

Holiday Hayride on Gaylord Street - 12/8/12

 On Saturday evening we headed over to Jane and Doug's house to partake in more holiday festivities! There was a festival in their neighborhood called 'Holiday Hayride on Gaylord Street' with horse drawn rides, roasting chestnuts, an open fire, hot cider, and more. It was cold, but perfect for a holiday outing...and it even started snowing while we were out!

 Happy Holidays!

 Through the streets of town singing Christmas carols all the way (literally)!

A little time for window shopping (with visions of sugarplums)....

.... and a look at our holiday hayride escorts (they were beautiful horses).

 A visit with Father Christmas, whom Declan loved! He peeked around the little hut that Father Christmas was sitting in and then ran into his arms and onto his lap. It was very sweet.

Keeping warm by the 'fire'. 

It was snowing at this point, but you can't tell it by the picture. Harrison was very excited about the snow and yelling 'yippee' all the way back to the house! What a fun holiday outing!

Candy Cane Festival - 12/8/12

 Our Holiday outing this morning was a trip to the 'Candy Cane Festival' at Hammond's Candies in Denver! Harrison and Declan had lots of fun riding the 'Polar Express', listening to the carolers, visiting Santa (who was giving out special treats!), and jumping in the jumpy castles....all FREE!

 Patiently waiting in line to ride the train...

 ...some carolers even provided entertainment while we waited!

 Finally, it's our turn!

 Declan dressed the part...

 ...for his visit with Santa.

 It was worth the wait to get a lollipop!

Even though you might not be able to tell from Harrison's expression, we all had a lot of fun!

Parade of Lights - 12/7/12

 Old Town Louisville had a 'Parade of Lights' tonight, so we braved the cold to see the lights!

Among the masses of people, we actually bumped into some of Harrison and Declan's friends from our neighborhood, so they all got to watch the parade together.

St. Nick on the Bricks - 12/1/12

 We heard Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus were going to be hanging out on Pearl Street in Boulder today, so headed over to say 'hello'!

 Waiting in line to talk to Santa Claus is so exciting!

 Harrison had a serious discussion with Santa about his wish list (and Declan nodded a lot).

 Happy Holidays!

 Mrs. Claus even handed out candy canes...which they were excited about until they realized they didn't like them!

 Since we were out and they did such a good job waiting to see Santa, we had lunch at the Cheesecake Factory...

 ...and a cookie for dessert!

It was a fun day!!