Pre-Christmas Hodgepodge

I know I'm way behind on posts, so this one is just going to be a catch-all for lots of pre-Christmas activities.  My parents visited from the 14th-20th and we made it down to Pt. Loma to check out some Christmas lights.  They were also able to be here for the boys' holiday program at school, which was pretty darn cute.  On the last night of their visit, we opened the presents that Santa accidentally brought to Kansas and Oklahoma and that my parents drove out to California (but that will be in a separate post).  We had a great time with them and can't wait until my mom comes back out in February.

Christmas tree shopping:

Around the house:

Garrison Street in Pt. Loma:

Pageant day at school:

Cael's birthday party:

Shopping break:

Class party day:

Squadron Holiday Party (plus pancakes)

Zach's squadron holiday party was last Friday at a place called Boomer's.  It's one of those go-carts/mini-golf/bumper boats/arcade places.  We picked up Dan from school and headed straight there.  The kids had a great time and were especially impressed when their golf balls went into a cottage or windmill and came out a tunnel on the other side.  They don't get out much....

On Saturday morning, we went to school for Pancakes with Santa.  Dan's class sang its Christmas song as a warm-up for the big pageant and the kids got their picture with Santa.  Hannah was quite mad but the pictures were very blurry on my phone, so I'll have to wait for the print from the school before I post that traumatizing photo.