We had a fun child-friendly New Year's Eve party at Gina's house, where we counted down to the east coast New Year. The kids had a blast running around and goofing off while the adults enjoyed drinks and appetizers.
Friday, December 31, 2010
New Year's Eve 12-31-10
We had a fun child-friendly New Year's Eve party at Gina's house, where we counted down to the east coast New Year. The kids had a blast running around and goofing off while the adults enjoyed drinks and appetizers.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Legoland 12-28-10
Cecily's cousins left today, so we headed down to Legoland for our annual holiday visit. It was so crowded! We watched two shows (Let it Snow & The Big Test), and Cecily rode her favorite ride (Beetle Bounce). Of course, we had to get in our pictures with Lego Santa and reindeer, Lego Frosty the Snowman, and the world's largest Lego Christmas tree.
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Cousins 12-27-10
Christina, Doug, Emily, Hayden, and Austin came out the day after Christmas. Cecily was super excited to see her cousins. They loved opening up all their Christmas presents. Santa brought them all new Zhu Zhu Pets, so they played together with Cecily's new Zhu Zhu Pet playset. Caren also had some foam crafts and shrinky dink ornaments for them to make. That night, we made a delicious holiday meal of honey and brown sugar glazed ham, macaroni and cheese, scalloped potatoes, yams, and rolls. Everything was made from scratch except the rolls. For dessert, we made banana splits. Yum!
Today, Grandma Lynn and Grandpa Otto had to go home. They loved spending Christmas with us and having all their grandchildren together.
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas 12-25-10
Merry Christmas! Santa came to our house for the very first time since we weren't travelling this year. He brought presents (pink Lego MP3 player and Zhu Zhu Pet stuff), stockings, and a brand new bear for Cecily. We opened presents in the morning with Grandma Lynn and Grandpa Otto before heading to Pasadena for lunch and to celebrate Christmas with Caren's family. Cecily was excited to hold Catherine's pet chickens and to help baby Brendan celebrate his very first Christmas.
Friday, December 24, 2010
Christmas Eve 12-24-10
Grandma Lynn and Grandpa Otto came out to see us for Christmas. We made a delicious dinner of prime rib, creamed spinach, roasted potatoes, and Yorkshire pudding. For dessert, Richard made rum balls, and we had Trader Joe's creme brulee. Cecily enjoyed tracking Santa on the computer before leaving cookies and milk out for him. She went to bed wearing matching pajamas with her dolly.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Holiday Fun 12-23-10
We had our annual Playgroup Holiday party today. The kids enjoyed making shrinky dink ornaments and just running around like crazy since they have all been cooped up because of the rain.Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Disney on Ice 12-22-10
We've had a busy Christmas break so far. Cecily and Richard made a gingerbread house, Michelle came to visit, and today we went to see Disney on Ice with some of her fellow Daisy Girl Scouts. Cecily loved it and said it felt like she was at Disneyland. Tonight, she watched an email message from Santa. Can't believe Christmas is only 3 days away!share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3UsWA
Saturday, December 18, 2010
Meeting Brendan 12-18-10
We finally went to meet baby Brendan Lucas (delayed because of Cecily's runny nose). Richard and Caren brought dinner for Allen and Cindy. Cecily was so excited to see him, and she loved his tiny fingers and toes. Totally random but Cecily also happened to have matching pajamas with Brendan. It made an adorable picture of the new cousins.share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3UsSQ
Friday, December 17, 2010
Pelican Pride 12-17-10
Cecily received the very special Pelican Pride award in her class this month. Her teacher also handed out awards for Perfect Attendance and Making Great Choices, which she also received. Only one other kid in her class beside Cecily got all three awards. Cecily was very proud of herself for doing so well in school.Thursday, December 16, 2010
School Holiday Party 12-16-10
Cecily's class had their holiday party today. They started with a yummy pizza lunch from Buon Gusto. Back in the classroom, they worked on five stations: snowglobes, shrinky dink Snoopy ornaments, ice cream cone & frosting Christmas trees, reindeer food, and popsicle stick reindeer ornaments. They loved watching their Snoopy ornaments shrink in the toaster oven. We also presented Mrs. Ashley with her Christmas gift: a gift card tree with gift cards to all her favorite places (Buon Gusto, Ann Taylor Loft, Trader Joe's, Target, Regal Cinemas, Bella Terra, and See's Candies).share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3UsLw
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Daisies & Nutcracker 12-15-10
We had our last Daisy Meeting of 2010 after school today. We brought the presents we purchased for our adopted military family to wrap. The new girls in our troop also practiced their Girl Scout Promise to earn their first Daisy patch. After our meeting, we headed to the library to watch the Nutcracker ballet. Cecily's favorite was the Sugarplum Fairy.share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3UsHA
Monday, December 13, 2010
Baby Brendan 12-13-10
Happy birthday, baby Brendan!
And congratulations to Allen and Cindy!
Brendan was born at 2:18 am, weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces and was 21 inches long.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Boat Parade 12-12-10
We were invited once again to our friend's holiday boat parade party. We ate a delicious catered dinner of Chilean sea bass, filet mignon, and lobster ravioli. Cecily really liked the filet. The kids were entertained by Mrs. Claus and her elf as well as a face painter. After dinner and games, we headed across the street to watch the annual boat parade. This year after watching the boat parade, they took us out on their boat to cruise through the harbour and look at all the decorated houses.share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3UsDQ
Monday, December 6, 2010
California Adventure 12-06-10
Cecily was sad that Richard had to go away on his first ever business trip to Wichita, Kansas. So after school, Caren took her to California Adventure for an afternoon of fun. They checked out Build A Bear, watched Marceline's make caramel apples, Cecily got made over into a rockstar at Disney 365, and then they headed into California Adventure for the rides and parade.share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3Ur5A
Sunday, December 5, 2010
HB Xmas Parade 12-05-10
Cecily and Caren walked in the HB Christmas Parade tonight with their Daisy Troop and the rest of the Girl Scouts in their service unit. It sprinkled off and on, but it didn't rain until the parade was finished. There was a lot of standing around and waiting before the parade started, but the girls seemed to enjoy walking in the parade.share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3Ur1w
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Happy Birthday Richard! 12-02-10
Happy birthday, Richard!We mailed our Christmas cards, and Cecily mailed out her very first letter to Santa this afternoon. Then we headed to Lucille's Smokehouse BBQ to celebrate Richard's birthday. We all enjoyed the delicious BBQ, and Cecily made Richard a birthday card to go along with his free birthday dessert.
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Daisy Meeting 12-01-10
We had our Daisy meeting today in Cecily's first grade classroom. We started a new opening so that it can be all girl-led. The girls were in charge of taking attendance, leading the pledge and Girl Scout promise, collecting the folders, etc. Then they worked on Christmas cards for the troops overseas and made gingerbread houses out of graham crackers.share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8UbNGrdw3Urxg
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