For Lucy's last ballet class, parents were invited to watch.
All the girls stretching to warm up.
Lucy's turn to walk across the room on tippy toes.
Her favourite part was the last 5 minutes of class when they got to run around with the butterfly wings!
Not sure if it's my camera or her speed, but this one's a blur...
We went to visit Santa at the factory outlets last weekend.
How very convenient of him to set up a Colorado home right in the center of Mommy's shopping mecca!
Seeing as it was the last Sunday before Christmas, we arrived early to avoid the crowds.
While waiting for Santa to finish breakfast, the kids got a chance to explore around his house.
And his giant Christmas tree!
When Santa did arrive home, we were first in line to get our pictures. Charlie and Lucy had a nice chat with the jolly guy but Chloe was a little shy.
Lucy, wearing her Santa vest from Grandma!
Chloe in her Santa dress. I can't believe we got 2 years use out of this for her!
On the last day of preschool before Christmas, Lucy's class had a field trip to the Denver Children's Museum. Since parents had to drive their children, Chloe and I tagged along for lots of fun! The first stop at the museum was the Dress Up Room.
Next, we went to the Train Room.
With tables at the perfect height and lots of trains and tracks, Chloe did not want to leave.
But I carried her out, kicking and screaming. She stopped fussing as soon as we got to the Grocery Store where miniature shopping carts, shelves full of groceries, and a cashier station kept the girls occupied.
Lucy went shopping first while Chloe rang up her groceries.
Then, it was Chloe's turn to shop.
Lucy went over to the in-store Pizzeria to make me a pizza.
Once again, I dragged Chloe out of the store, kicking and screaming, to the Bubble Room. The sight of big basins of water and bubbles intrigued her curiosity enough to stop the crying.
Lucy, making a giant bubble.
Playing with the tubes oozing out gas to make lots of little bubbles.
Chloe wants a turn!
The last room we played in before seeing a performance of The Gingerbread Boy was the Forest Room. Chloe loved climbing up the forest path.
At the top was a big hole in the ground that led to some underground tunnels and dens.
Peek-a-boo!
In the fox's den!
There were all kinds of forest friend puppets, costumes and stuffed animals to play with.
Looking for some bees and ladybugs.
Lucy found a family of chipmunks.
They were all called Charlie because at preschool, Ms Sandi calls their chipmunks Charlie.
So with our nice winter weather hovering around 0 degrees Celsius and because many strings of our old Christmas lights did not survive the move, Phil got into Clark Griswald mode and decided to go all out with the Christmas lights.
But just on the first story. It's apparently too high to put lights on the trim on the second level.
Then we did a Christmas light driving tour and realized that we have a loooong way to go...
See, they managed to get the second story lit!
Santa on the roof top!
This corner lot was well lit from the front...
And the side...
Another house with a lot going on...
I love this one, lights on every bit of trim!
Sticking to the red and green theme.
Now that's just too much!
This house had the lights flashing in sync with Christmas carols.
Santa in the back of a pick up truck...
Another musical light show -flashing from white...
to red.
And the piece de resistance - another musical light show. They start with just the bottom of the house lit up...
Then, on come some lights on the second floor...
And some snowflakes...
If you look closely, they have layers upon layers of lights and tons of breaker boxes to run this operation!
A view from the other side of the house with their arcs of moving, flashing lights!
The tree, all lit up. This house was dripping in lights! So awesome!
