Friday, May 31, 2013

ordinary days

The newest ornament on our Christmas tree, and a gift from our good friends.  Now Daddy A can enjoy an F. O. anytime, even if we're not in Georgia!

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Christmas Around the World


P's school put on a program titled "Christmas Around the World" before everyone was released for winter break.  The kindergartners sang a song from Latin America.  P is third from the left on the second row in this picture.  Just look at that bow tie!

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Christmas at the Gaylord

A couple of years ago, P and I took a trip to the Gaylord Hotel with Grandma Paige and Poppa Fred and saw their ICE! show when the Grinch was featured.  This year, we were lucky enough for it to work out for our family of four to meet up with them at the Nashville Gaylord, where we took in the "Shrek the Halls" themed ICE! show.

We had a blast!  Upon arrival in our room, C decided to do a little light reading.


When we were ready to head out and explore the grounds, the boys were instantly drawn to the beautiful landscaping and the fountains.


We took a boat ride through the Gaylord {narrated by Mrs. Claus!}.


There was a "Christmas town" play area in the lower level of the hotel.  We stopped in to hear some stories read by Mrs. Claus before playing the night away.  {The rest of my pictures from the play area are kind of blurry - there wasn't a whole lot of holding still!}


Since the ICE! show was Dreamworks themed, there were several characters in photo spots around our hotel.





We bundled up before heading into the ICE! show.



After the ICE! show, we finally caught up with Gingy in his gingerbread house.


We stuck around for a while and constructed a gingerbread family.


Before heading home, we had breakfast with Shrek and his pals.  C, our resident princess enthusiast, suddenly decided he was frightened of Princess Fiona and was not excited by the prospect of a photo at all.


Breakfast was delicious, and the company was even better!


I hope your Christmas was Dreamworks filled dreamy as well!

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Christmas in May


C is in an olive green tee with a bear on the front, almost at the far right in the front row as you're looking at this photo... isn't he an adorable sheep?

Monday, May 27, 2013

catchin' up: the Memorial Day edition

Y'all.  I am SO far behind on the blog right now.  I hope this post title wasn't misleading, insofar as I will be returning to blogging on a {hopefully} more regular basis, but I will not actually get all the way caught up today.  :)  For the moment, all of the males in our house are enjoying a feature from redbox, so I decided to use some of my "free day" {P's term for a day off from school} to write about some of our happenings.

Back in, ahem, December, P's class took a field trip to a nearby children's museum.  P is our scientist and budding engineer, so he love love loved the demonstrations and exhibits.  He is still talking about the liquid nitrogen used in the science show.


He enjoyed the clear tubing at this exhibit that allowed him to really see how different objects travel.


And who wouldn't love to surround themselves with a giant bubble {for a minute or two}?


Happy Memorial Day!  I hope you are able to enjoy your day, especially if it's a "free day", and please join me in remembering the brave men and women who have given their lives provide us with our freedom every day.