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A Look Back at Christmas
Even though we are nearing the end of January 2023, I would be remiss not to document our Christmas holiday fun at the end of 2022. As usual, our celebrations extended over six weeks. They included eight Santas (but only the last one was real), two preschool holiday singing programs, two holiday productions, multiple letters and calls to Santa, dozens of homemade cookies, lights, decorations, fake snow, one tree lighting, two Christmas church services and one “Noel Night,” presents, an amusement park, and some barnyard animals. Oh, and a tired Mama. Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Baby & Kids, Eating, Holidays, Sightseeing
Tagged A Christmas Carol, American Ballet Theatre, angel, Baker Ranch, ballet, boat parade, children's choir, Christmas, Christmas Eve, Christmas tree, cookies, Dana Point, Dana Point Harbor, Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade of Lights, gingerbread house, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Laguna Beach, Lake Forest, Lake Forest Beach & Tennis Club, Mariners Church, Nana, Noel Night, preschool, reindeer, Rose Center Theater, Santa, Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church, Sawdust Festival, SeaWorld, Segerstrom Center, Sherman Library & Gardens, The Grove, The Nutcracker, Winter Fantasy
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A Full Fall
After a low-key Halloween season last year, in which we only went to one pumpkin patch while on vacation, we celebrated a return to mostly normal this year with visits to multiple pumpkin patches, festivals, Halloween events, parties, and more. Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Eating, Hiking, Holidays, Sightseeing
Tagged Autumn, Autumn Harvest Festival, Baker Ranch, Boo at the Bay, cat, chili, cookies, dolphin, Fall, Grandma, Halloween, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Home Depot, Irvine Park Railroad, jammies, kitty, Norco, OC Zoo, October, Odyssey Park, pajamas, panda, Peter and Mary Muth Interpretive Center, preschool, Pumpkin City, pumpkin patch, Pumpkin Rock, pumpkins, Sally's Baking Addiction, Skyforest, Skypark at Santa's Village, Snow White, sugar cookies, tradition, trick-or-treat, Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve
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A SoCal Christmas
We spent the month leading up to Christmas preparing for the big holiday by decorating, baking a ton of cookies, and participating in some favorite holiday events and some new ones. Here’s a quick recap of what we did for … Continue reading
Posted in Baby & Kids, Holidays, Sightseeing
Tagged A Charlie Brown Christmas, Baker Ranch, Chance Theater, Chrismtas with the Critters, Christmas, cookies, Dana Point Harbor Boat Parade of Lights, Heritage Hill Historical Park, Irvine Spectrum Center, Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa, Laguna Playhouse, Mission San Juan Capistrano, Peter Pan, preschool, Rancho Las Lomas, Renegade Race Series, Santa, Santa Ana Zoo, Santa Run, Santiago de Compostela Catholic Church, scavenger hunt, SeaWorld, Tinker Bell
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LOVE MORE
The girls (and us) really got into Valentine’s Day this year, which was a lot of fun. We love love! Of course, there were outfits, as shown below, and modeled the weekend before Valentine’s Day. Then, there were crafts. The … Continue reading
Posted in Arts, Baby & Kids, Eating, Holidays
Tagged cookies, cutout cookies, gifts, heart, love, Michaels, pajamas, Sally's Baking Addiction, sangria, sugar cookies, tapas, The Pretty Petal, The Wine Artist, Valentine's Day
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Christmas for Four
This year, for the first time EVER, we stayed home for Christmas. As in, our home. We did not travel to either one of our parents’ houses. There were no trains, planes, or automobiles. No one traveled to spend the … Continue reading
Holiday Open House
This year, Dan and I hosted a very “grown up” holiday open house. In past years, we’ve hosted ugly sweater parties with dirty Santa gift exhanges, beer pong, and Jell-O shots. My how times have changed! This year, we invited … Continue reading
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