Our Family Christmas

Proof that Santa will come if asked!!  Since we will be out of the country on Christmas we had our own little family Christmas early.  Sara used to do this as a kid and it just extends the Christmas season!  Ashley got an American Girl doll, Trevor a Chromebook which he has been asking for forever!  The kids loved the huge donut we surprised them with too!  And apparently Jake, our elf, is going to come to the Dominican Republic with us too!  FUN!

Christmas Train - A Christmas Carol Play - Bentonville Parade!

Another weekend during the Christmas season jam-packed with all things fun!  Today we went on the  Springdale Christmas train!  Nobody was spared from matching jammies!!  Trevor was in a funk because we missed out on getting the glass dome train by one family (which he let go in front of him which was sweet) but he got out of it eventually and we had some fun singing carols and having hot cocoa and cookies!  

After that we headed to Fayetteville and had lunch/burgers at yummy Hugo's before going to a new theater to see A Christmas Carol with the Holts!  What a production!  And we had 2nd row seats!  Kids and adults loved it!

Trevor had a sleepover the night before which could explain his grumpiness on the train earlier.  He caught a quick nap en route to the Bentonville Square for dinner with the Holts and the Bentonville parade.  Such a great day and night!!

Ashley's 1st Grade Amazeum Field Trip

Mommy got to go on Ashley's field trip to the local Amazeum.  They split into groups of 3 and it was no shocker that Ashley and Pragati got paired up!  They have such a cute friendship.  Pragati was super scared to climb the leaf jungle and Ashley just kept encouraging her to go farther each time.  May we all have a friend like that!!

Trevor's 4th Grade Musical

Trevor's 4th Grade Musical was a battle between pirates and elves!  Always fun to see him up on stage along with his friends - Davis, Kellan, Davis, Ryan and Eli, who was a Blackbeard!  First time doing an event at the school.  It was different and super cozy (except for Mama who went way early and got front row) but it was nice being at CPE for it!  Lots of videos to look back on too - just not posted here!

Holiday Baking and Gingerbread House Making!

We didn't do as much holiday baking as we usually do since we will be gone this Christmas but we managed to get a few of our favorites in - peanut butter balls and pretzel/rolo/M&Ms - along with decorating the Trader Joe's Gingerbread House!