Party Day

Yesterday was party day. We had Owen's birthday party in the morning (more on that later), then Owen was invited to a friend's birthday party in the afternoon, Dave's work hosted a family Christmas party, and there was even a big fancy Gala after that (but we decided we were partied out, and skipped the Gala). The Christmas party was lovely, and Santa came with gifts for each kid. There was yummy food, and good company. It was near a fun outdoor shopping mall with a huge 50 foot Christmas tree, and Christmas carriage rides and all kind of fun things outside. 

Owen was totally on board for the whole Santa thing, and told him wanted he wanted (A velociraptor, and an Arc170 starfighter). Santa gave him a box of Legos, which has been a huge hit. Is it just me, or does Owen look HUGE up on Santa's lap? 

 Kate was most likely still traumatized from our visit to the Santa museum, and absolutely refused to sit near or even look at Santa... gift or no gift. She was stressed out until Santa left the party, but loved the gift - a keyboard (yay). This was the best we could do this year.

 We stopped to visit the giant tree. There were carolers, and guitar players, and horse drawn carriages. It was great.

 I love how Kate says "Yook!! Christmas tree!" or "Yooooook!! Christmas lights" Christmas is awesome with kids around.

 Going to be 5 tomorrow!