Xmas Fun!

Since we started a tradition of being 1 holiday behind last month, posting Halloween pictures after Thanksgiving, I figured we'd keep up that pattern. Since Valentine's Day has come and gone, it's time we recapped Xmas here on the blog. We had a very busy but also fun-filled holiday season. We were kept busy with the move into our new house in Ellicott City, MD, sleeping for the first night in our new place on Xmas Eve (Santa managed to find us even with the address change). So, much of December was spent coordinating movers/deliveries, arranging for painting, and unpacking. But, in the midst of all that, we did manage to fit in some holiday cheer as well. Some of the highlights were:

- The obligatory photo with Santa taken at the Columbia Mall

- Checking out the lights in Hampden (a Baltimore neighborhood that is well known for the spectacularly tacky holiday light displays)

- Walking through the Symphony of Lights for their Blinkin Binkies event with our friends Lauren and her son Ollie

- Donning huge parkas and braving the 9 degree temperatures to view the Grinch ice sculptures at the ICE! Experience

Check out the pictures below and we promise to post more soon!

Posing with Santa

Checking out the lights in Hampden























Owen and Joey ready to walk through the Symphony of Lights
























Joey and Ollie enjoying the lights
























Braving the cold and admiring the cool Grinch ice sculptures at ICE!

























































Family pic by the fireplace on Xmas morning















Owen and Joey doing a little Xmas wrestling under the tree

















Putting the star on top of the tree - Owen observed that it was "not exactly perfect"