The Best Of Christmas 2011

Nothing better than my two sweet kids on Christmas morning.Mater!

Don't bother me...I'm listening to Tom Petty.

9 in the morning and already her hair needs to be redone.

Poppa!

I like to play.

Business time.

Peekaboo!

Next-day Christmas with Grandma Sherrie.

The joy of being a kid at Christmas. The only thing better is being an adult and watching your kids experience that joy. Love you Izzypop and Skeeto!

Merry Christmas!

Sugar Plum Fairy Extravaganza

Tonight Izzypop and I were lucky enough to have a girls afternoon out with Grandma Sandi. We first dressed in our finest red and black...not planned :) and headed to Capitol Theater for a matinee showing of the Nutcracker.


The show was wonderful! And afterward, we got to go up on stage for a little tea party with none other than the Sugar Plum Fairy and Clara themselves! We had some yummy cookies, got to see a magic show, were able to check out some of the props and costumes up close, and got to get our pictures taken with the cast members. So exclusive!


Afterward, we went to Litza's Pizza. We don't have any pictures, but Izzypop did pose with her wide-mouthed nutcracker illustrating her spaghetti scarfing capabilities. This picture looks strangely familiar...

Thank you so much, Grandma Sandi for a wonderful afternoon! We love you!

Skating and Santa

The Hansen family Christmas party was this past weekend and was as good as the kids could have hoped it to be. We got a little skating in and some bouncy house fun.

Then came what Izzypop was really waiting for....The Big Man. Izzy and Skeeto were particularly mesmerized by his magic tricks.

At the ripe old age of five, Izzypop might be thinking she's getting a little old for this. She did ask Santa for Lite Sprites, though.

She got a crayon maker that melts the old nubs of your crayons and makes them into swirly new ones. Incidentally, this toy is pretty fun...even for grown ups. :)

Skeeto may be thinking he's a little too young for this. Don't take it personally Santa, he cries like that when I take him from Daddy too.

Skeeto quickly recovered and hasn't let go of his Lightning McQueen since. He spent the rest of the afternoon on the floor.

Tree Trimming

We had a great time trimming the tree the other day. Skeeto particularly liked the lights.

Izzypop is a great tree trimmer. She did awesome at putting the decorations on. Great job Izzy!

Light-seeing

The other night we were fortunate enough to go see the lights at Temple Square with Grandma Sherrie. The temple was beautiful.


The kids had a great time posing for pictures in front of the lights.





Although, sometimes some of us couldn't properly pose because of the giant coats we were wearing.


The very best part of the night was getting to spend time with Grandma....oh and the train ride....and the cookies

The Final Countdown

I have finally finished the advent calendar I have been working on since January. Okay, I haven't finished it, but I have finished enough to hang it up. Now if I can finish at least one little ornament a day, I will at least be able to keep up.

It Is That Time Again

Tonight we started the Christmas decorations. The stockings were hung, the leg lamp was put together and we swapped the print with the one in the office (ten points to the first person who knows why). We also decorated Iz's room a bit. Next will be the tree.