We got our tree a little late this year… but not as bad as other years when it seems we were out a few days before Christmas. We took it easy this time and just headed to the local town courts where the Lions Club was selling trees. It was *freezing* and we were the only ones there, so the two guys were jumping through hoops to sell us a tree. Which was even more funny because the first tree they showed us we liked, and then ended up getting after seeing them all… at least we all got some…
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Arin is just like his mommy… he loves cameras. He’s constantly trying to get at mine to look at the pictures, and now whenever I grab it to take a picture of him, he stops what he’s doing, runs up to me and tries to grab it out of my hand! I told him he can’t touch the camera UNTIL he smiles and gives me a nice picture… so finally he got the idea! How cute? And thanks to Juju and Lauren for this dapper Gant sweater that was one of Arin’s awesome Christmas presents. Here’s the original ‘gimme gimme…
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After we got our Christmas Tree last night we had to go out and celebrate, so we headed up to my favorite place – La Carreta! I love this restaurant, we’ve been going there since I was in high school and it has hosted countless celebrations, dates, girls nights, etc… It’s SO tasty and the decor just keeps getting more fun every year, not to mention its a fantastic deal.
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Here’s the second part of the Tree Lighting… starting with once we FINALLY got inside. It was cold out, and Arin was heavy! Thank goodness we convinced my Dad to come, he took over Bobo-lugging duty.Julie showed up and her and Mom snuck in to the Santa room… without waiting in line.And here is THE Santa picture… not that great because Julie took it, and just one! The only other one shows … well let’s just say I don’t think Santa was wearing any undergarments and it is very apparent in the other shot. So here is the shot of…
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Last Friday night was the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at our local library. This was Arin’s THIRD year going… I can’t believe it! I am going to try to find pics from when he was a baby and we went so I can make a comparison of all three times. The only bad part was that this year the fire truck that Santa arrives in LEFT before Arin had a chance to get on and play… that was pretty disappointing. Last year it stayed the whole time and the kids could get up in it and explore right until…
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Here are a few shots from Thanksgiving. We had a full house, Noni and Uncle Eddie came up for a visit, Lauren flew in from England, Dan came in from Boston, Todd came home from school, etc! We always have a cozy little dinner all smooshed into the kitchen. The one downside was that Arin did.not.want. to be a part of Thanksgiving at all. He was a little overwhelmed from all the visitors and starting daycare that week… so he basically just ate a roll and then ran around for the rest of the time. Oh well!
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Yesterday was absolutely perfect… the temperature was in the high sixties and for December… that’s gorgeous! Arin had daycare during the day, and Dad wanted to take a trip out to enjoy the weather, so we got in the big van, picked up Bobo and headed out to the Ashby state forest. Of course, by the time we got there the sun had already set (since it gets dark at 4 now!) and it was getting cold and dark out. But we stayed for a while, until it was *pitch black* and we nearly fell off the bridge trying to…
