Ice Kingdom at Queen Mary Long Beach 12-23-12

We took the kids to the Ice Kingdom at Queen Mary over the weekend. I read that it gets really cold inside like 9 degrees cold so I thought I had put all of us in enough layers. Boy was I wrong. We all had a long sleeve, a sweater, and a jacket and before you enter they loan you a floor length coat as well. And we were still freezing in there!!

These really were big fat sausages!

This was the toddler slide. It was really cute because the kids come out of the whale's mouth.

After the Ice Kingdom we went to Berth 55 Fish Market and Seafood Deli. It was really good. We didn't know what to get but a customer inside told us to get the fried stuff because they have a special batter that is really good. It was really good but it was too much fried stuff. As we were enjoying our lunch we saw another group that had all this grilled seafood that looked really good! Next time we will get mostly grilled fish and shrimp with a few fried stuff. FYI we got way too much food. It made for some good leftovers.

Katie didn't want anything to do with the fish burger David was trying to get her to eat. She liked her dish of fried shrimp and fries.

Leport Christmas Parties 12-21-12

This is Justin's first Christmas party at school. He caught us hiding behind him.

 Here he is with his good friend Jonah.

 Feeding himself some yummy food.

Justin's and Katie's Christmas parties overlapped so I left Justin's to attend Katie's. Before the feast there was a performance by the class.

Katie with her buddy Grace and Grace's brother Derek.

When Justin's party was over David and him joined me in Katie's classroom. And Justin couldn't help but join in the festivities again by eating some more!

Christmas Tree

We finally got another christmas tree. We decided the kids were old enough now and would not play with the tree or its pretty decorations.

Here is the tree all tied up.

The tree with the netting removed.

The tree with pretty decorations and a cute little train around it.

Katie's 5th Birthday Party @ Pump It Up 12-16-12

This year for Katie's birthday party we decided to go all out and throw her a big party since she was turning the big FIVE!! She was so psyched her party was at Pump It Up. The week before her party she started the count down. Finally the night before she told me all there was left to do was brush her teeth and go to bed and when she woke up it would be her party. That's how excited she was.

The birthday girl all smiles!

Waiting for the party to start with the early guests.

Some boxing fun! Good job Auntie Shirley!

Poor Johny he keeps getting beat up.

Katie requested a Spongebob Square Pants ice cream cake. She's never ever eaten any of her birthday cakes but this year she thoroughly enjoyed her ice cream cake.

I can't believe my little baby is FIVE years old already! She is growing up too fast!!