Neighborhood Santa Party and Gingerbread Houses at Ballantyne Resort

We had a fantastic weekend with friends....we did breakfast at Maggianos with our neighbors and gingerbread house decorating yesterday and today we had lots of baking, Santa party at our neighborhood clubhouse and we toured the Gingerbread Houses at The Ballantyne Resort as a family:) Mason loved the crafts at the Santa party but not so much the holiday shirt I dressed him in....he wanted to sit out seeing Santa since we have seen him already this season so I said ok and while I took the other kids through he turned his shirt on backwards....everyone could still see it behind him but maybe he felt better that he didn't have to see it:)  Carissa was thrilled with the candy cane she got from Santa and the boys couldn't stay away from the cookie tables:)  The gingerbread displays at the hotel were really cool too....all the kids enjoyed checking them out:)  A long fun filled weekend and just 10 days left until Christmas....wow!!!!

Cookie Bake 2013

This year baking with the kids has been so much fun...Mason loves decorating sugar cookies and Carissa has helped me bake a ton of cookies.  Ryder ate a whole lotta sprinkles and Jack grabbed a lot of dough and managed to dump an entire tub of sprinkles while I wasn't looking....he even dropped a tray of cookies but these guys are so much fun that I am still cleaning the mess days later:)  Carissa and I baked M&M, white chocolate cranberry cookies, chocolate dipped pretzels and chocolate candy hearts so far...trying to get a few more done before cookie party this week.  This afternoon we strung popcorn and cranberries and have really had a lot of fun this weekend....I hope they remember all these fun traditions...I know I will.