Berto's mom was here until the 7th and we tried to do lots of fun stuff while she was here.
There is only so much you can do that doesn't cost a fortune.
We had a pretty good visit for the most part. A couple of speed bumps but all is good.
At the end of November we put up the Christmas tree and decor. I love this time of year. The lights, the smells, the happiness.... it just makes me happy.
We of course did Black Friday with all the other crazies out there. I don't know why but I actually like Black Friday. Not just for the deals but maybe the excitement of it all. I love to people watch because lets face it the craziest of the crazies are out on Black Friday!
I added some new decor to the Christmas decor. I saw it on pinterest. You hang icicle Christmas lights in your hall. It's pretty and makes a great night light. And it's true. Berto actually liked it enough that he suggested we leave it up all year!
I took Berto's mom out to Fountain Hills while she was here. Trying to find something fun to do. They have a fun park and the Fountain is of course really cool. I'm pretty sure she enjoyed it.
Christmas Lights.....
Holy Christmas Lights! We have seen some pretty spectacular Christmas Light displays this year already!
A couple years ago I saw on TLC's Extreme Christmas Lights a house here in Scottsdale so we checked it out. We had been before but no one but me remembers it. haha
This guy's house is amazing. Pictures of course do it no justice.He has fake snow, his lights are timed to music, you can go in his backyard which is completely decked out in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer characters. You know the old school clay model movie? Rudolph, his girlfriend (I don't remember her name), Yukon Cornelius, the abominable snowman.....
He completely transforms his backyard including his pool! I should have taken pictures...... maybe next year.
We also went to Christmas at the Princess.
Now this is an awesome family activity. It's $30 for parking but you can have up to 10 people in your car so its really not a bad price. It's at the Fairmont Princess Hotel in Scottsdale and it is amazing!
They have a train that goes through their lagoon of lights, a carousel with teacups which you can ride as many times as you want, Santa (although he wasn't there the night we went), a four story dancing Christmas tree, an ice skating rink (that costs extra), and lots of other stuff.
The kids had a blast!
We also took my mom and my brother Steven with us and I think they had a lot of fun too.
Kourtney made me ride the teacups with her 3 different times and that was hilarious. I wish I could have gotten that on video. She got so dizzy her head started dropping from side to side. Haha.
It was nice having most my family there. I haven't had that much fun in a long time.
We finally went to see Santa. I kept seeing all the posts on facebook from my friends about Bass Pro Shop. I didn't know until this year that the picture with Santa is free! How I never knew this I have no idea! So me and my mom went to check it out since we were going to go to the mall anyway to see Santa.
Now this place is cool!
I feel like its set up more for kids than adults!
Not only do they have Santa, they have a carousel too! There is a waterfall that drops into a huge tank of fish and they have the most amazing FUDGE! I'm totally going there from now on. Of course you only get one picture free so if you want more you have to buy them which we did.
And OMG Kourtney's face. She was perfect all through the line and the second Santa's elf said it was our turn she froze. She was absolutely terrified! So the picture this year was not great.....but it is funny.
I also did our Christmas cards. I procrastinated a little this year. I'm pretty sure they will all get to the people before Christmas but oh well at least I sent them!
We are almost all set for Christmas. Kids presents are bought and hidden. They just need to be wrapped. All that's left is the rest of the family which we will hopefully get done next weekend.
That's all for now!
Here's all the pictures from our adventures!
OH AND.........
We had this disaster happen which I have to document because it's pretty funny.
Kourtney was being REALLY quiet. And all us parents know this is NOT a good thing. I was just about to get up and check on her when she comes out and looks like this....
She apparently thought the pink lid was balm for her hair and globbed it in....
Oh my goodness. I washed her hair a total of 7 times. I combed cornstarch through her hair 2 times and I washed her hair with dish soap. This stuff is ridiculously hard to get out of hair!! Thank goodness for the internet. And shame on me for not putting it out of her reach. We're lucky it didn't get in her eyes!
But it's going to be a funny story when she's older!
No comments:
Post a Comment