Christmas Already?

Around here it is! We have had a holiday cookie exchange, a Christmas potluck, and even celebrated Christmas with the Fuzak family before we head off to Texas to celebrate with the Browns.

The boys had a blast at the cookie exchange hosted by Dana-so much fun! Steve from Hullabaloo came and the kids LOVED it! How nice to have a private concert! I did have to wrangle Ian quite a bit, but the overalls worked great for that.

Christmas Potluck:

Christmas with the Fuzak family was great. Luke got his coveted Iron Man costume and accessories and Nate got a piano to jam on-heaven for both! Ian just wants to dance to Nate's music. No really, Ian got a fabulous xylophone so that he can play with Nate. :) Other highlights were watches from their cousins-now we just have to learn how to tell time!

We had a Christmas pajama playdate today and made gingerbread (graham cracker) houses with some of our good friends. The boys had a great time decorating, until Mom's shoddy construction fell apart. Oh well-fun to eat afterwards...or during if you are Nathan.

December

Where has the month gone?? I cannot believe it is almost Christmas and we will be in Texas soon-yay!! I have to catch up before going so that I can flood the blog with pics from Texas when we return. :) Here is the month in review so far...

December Nights at Balboa Park:

Menorah lighting at Chabad Hebrew Academy with Jerry and Rita. (our neighbors) They even had snow brought in and the boys got to try sledding. Luke loved it!

We celebrated a couple of 4th birthday parties:

Luke's school had their annual La Posada and his class was Angels. :) We also went out to dinner and visited some fun Christmas lights with Melody:

Ian discovered that he loves riding the fire truck with Nathan and loves playing (torturing) with Violet.

We visited the schools I used to teach at and got to climb all over the new iguana at Ibarra.

We had a fabulous time visiting Legoland with the Fuzaks and Virtues-such a fun place!!

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Summer Concerts!

San Diego has awesome concerts in the park during the summer time that we love to enjoy with friends. Here are some highlight pics from several that we attended.

Coronado Island:

Harry Griffen Park in La Mesa:

Hullabaloo Concert (kids' band)