More Thanksgiving Fun...

Although I didn't get any pictures of our actual Thanksgiving day family dinner I did take some pics of one of the kids' FAVORITE Thanksgiving traditions with Grandma Stacy....frosting the yummy "turkey cookies"!! Seriously the kids LOVE doing this every year and as long as Grandma keeps making these yummy turkey shaped sugar cookies ...we will frost them!

And this is just proof of the BLACK FRIDAY MADNESS that we decided to join in on...yes we went to Toys 'R Us at 9:45 pm where we waited in line in the freezing COLD for almost 2 hours to just GET IN the store!! Yes it was crazy, no it was NOT worth it but Grandma got lots of SWEET deals for the kids...so maybe it was worth it for her. Ha! I did have fun with my two favorite in-laws though!!

Thanksgiving celebrations

Kali's kindergarten had a Thanksgiving feast and program where the kids sang some cute fall songs for the parents and then we got to eat yummy treats together. Kali did a great job singing all the fun songs! Here is her thankful turkey place-mat that she made in class. They had them all set out on the tables for us to eat on. Super cute!

Kali and her teacher Ms. Giannini

Later that day, I got to join Zach in his class during his Fall celebration. They got to do some fun crafts, play games and eat yummy treats. It was fun getting to see him in his classroom and meet a few of his classmates and also to see how awesome his teacher is. He is really loving first grade!

Yo Gabba LIVE!

November 18th, I took the girls to see Yo Gabba Gabba Live just for fun and we had a blast! I probably wouldn't have ever even gone if it wasn't for the FREE tickets from some good friends Nikki and Sam who have awesome connections!! Thanks guys!!

Madelyn LOVED every minute of it...especially when the THOUSANDS of balloons dropped from the ceiling! It was so much fun watching her reaction to it all and how into it she was. Kali had a fun time being there with friends and she seemed to enjoy the show even though it probably is geared a little more toward younger kids. Halfway through the show we moved seats down a little closer with Nikki and Sam and got some fun action a little more up close. Madelyn was in heaven with all the balloons everywhere!









After the show, Sam hooked us up again and we got some backstage time with DJ Lance!! It was so much FUN and Madelyn just couldn't contain herself!! She just kept talking and talking to DJ Lance and was so excited that she didn't want to share the time with the other kids. It was hilarious!

Our last trip to Disneyland...this year :)

We decided to take a quick trip down to Disneyland during Veteran's Day weekend and get our last fix of "the happiest place on earth" before our season passes expire in January. What seemed like a great idea turned out to be everyone in the LA region's great idea too. That place was CRAZY busy and it turned out to be quite the exhausting trip. BUT we did still had fun as we always do! Our awesome friends Dave and Ali joined us for the craziness and it was so nice to have the extra hands along for the fun. Kids did great for the car ride down and crashed as soon as we got to the hotel room, luckily all fitting in one bed. It worked out great! I'm so glad we have such great sleepers...even if they were up by 6 am! The weather was perfect and warm during the day and cool at night. Even though the parks were super busy and the lines were long, we still had a great time and especially LOVED seeing all the new holiday decorations, holiday parade complete with Santa Clause at the end, the amazing "World of Color" water show, and the new holiday fireworks show!! Although I was completely wiped out and exhausted it was so fun and satisfying to see my kids get so excited and have so much fun...Madelyn especially! That girl was LOVING every minute of everything!

This is how they slept every night. love it.