Holiday Party Time!

Finley had her holiday tea party (which was a sort of late birthday party, since we didn't have a party at her birthday) Sunday, and it was a huge hit! I think the kids had a great time. We had an ornament painting station, a cookie decorating station and, of course, plenty of free play time. Here are some pics...


Sassy Finley and her friend Chloe pose.


Fin poses with Julia (left) and Aniyah.


The kids gather around for a game of Pass the Parcel. They really liked it, although none of them had any clue what a "parcel" was... :)

Back to Great Wolf!

I got super-cheap tickets to the amazing indoor water park at Great Wolf Lodge. This was the same place we went for Alex's birthday last year, but this year we went with the kids! It was SO fun! Maddie got pretty adventurous and went on some of the the scarier slides, but I think she loved the wave pool best. And Fin loved the kids area, which had little slides and fiberglass Jet Skis she could sit on. At the end of the day, we put the girls in some chairs at the bottom of the biggest, scariest, craziest slide there and then Alex and I went for it! We told the girls to wait for us at the bottom, and they dutifully sat there watching the exit tunnel thing, hoping to catch a glimpse of us. Finally we went down and it was SO scary (we had already done this ride when we went for A's birthday, but it was worse than I remembered!). But tons of fun.


We have arrived!


Me, Alex and Fin in front of the wave pool. Maddie had already disappeared at this point.


The girls endure one more photo before getting into their swimsuits and diving in!


Finley hangs onto Alex!

Thanksgiving/Pre-Christmas

Thanksgiving was a blast, as usual! It was just the four of us, and we had tons of fun, cooking, eating and just hanging out. This year I opted to buy a pre-made meal from Target's deli. Best. Decision. Ever. I also made an apple pie, sweet potatoes and roasted carrots.

Reading stories after Thanksgiving dinner. This is probably the last photo of Abigail, too (Alex is kissing her).

The best little Christmas present!

About to eat - yum!

Mojo looking freaky.