The Holidays are Here!

We get back from San Francisco and all of a sudden it feels like we're behind on getting ready for the holidays! I am so glad we had the forethought to put our Christmas tree up before we left. In addition to the normal Christmas preparations, Eric and I decided we wanted to do something fun for our friends and family so we're hosting a holiday brunch (if you live in Austin and we know you then you were invited!). We've been busy getting ready for that and visiting with my mom who was in town, but we're also having fun doing holiday things with the kids. Last week I took them to a Christmas performance by the Austin Hand Bell Ensemble. It was really fun! The kids loved it- especially Anderson who couldn't take his eyes off of the director.

On Saturday night we went to the Luminations event at the Wildflower center. If you have never been I highly recommend it. It was beautiful and they did a great job setting up things for the kids to do. I can't wait to go back next year.

Last night the kids watched "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" and were definitely more interested this year than last It was a success, although "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" was a big failure! I didn't remember that Abominable Snowman is such a primary character. The kids were terrified- ops, maybe we'll try it again in a couple years :)