It all started Friday night when we ventured out to choose a Christmas tree. We managed to pick one fairly quickly without the major tantrums associated with last year's tree. (Still lots of protesting and whining, though.)
Sometimes I think we are the lone holdouts as far as "real" trees go, but we just can't bring ourselves to get an artificial one yet. (Although, the price every year brings us closer.) But I just love the smell of a fresh Christmas tree.
Saturday night, we went down to the planetarium to see
Santa vs. the Snowman.
Here's everyone sporting their cool 3D glasses. (Duffy was not fond of the 3D format - she started crying as soon as the first thing came at her. Oh well, she still liked it well enough without the glasses.)
Following the movie, we bundled everyone up and walked to temple square to see the lights and the nativity. The lights were spectacular as always.
Shawn and Peter were like a little mini tourist attraction. Everyone pointed, commented or laughed at Peter inside the coat and several people even took their picture.
The little girls got pretty cold, so we stopped in the building to warm up a little bit. Amelia laid down on the ground and put her chin right on the heating vent. And Duffy tried to warm up her hands.
Then we hopped on Trax for a quick ride back to the planetarium parking lot. All in all a fun evening.
This is why the Stringhams don't often stay out past bedtime - they just can't handle it. Everyone of them was sound asleep before we got home.
Some photos of the boys on Sunday morning.
Sunday night we built a fire in the fireplace and cuddled up on the couch and read Christmas stories. (We've determined that we will need a bigger couch before too long - but it worked for the cold weather.) Next, we'll move on to decorating the tree - I hope.
Sometimes I think we are the lone holdouts as far as "real" trees go, but we just can't bring ourselves to get an artificial one yet. (Although, the price every year brings us closer.) But I just love the smell of a fresh Christmas tree.
Saturday night, we went down to the planetarium to see Santa vs. the Snowman.
Here's everyone sporting their cool 3D glasses. (Duffy was not fond of the 3D format - she started crying as soon as the first thing came at her. Oh well, she still liked it well enough without the glasses.)
Following the movie, we bundled everyone up and walked to temple square to see the lights and the nativity. The lights were spectacular as always.
Shawn and Peter were like a little mini tourist attraction. Everyone pointed, commented or laughed at Peter inside the coat and several people even took their picture.
The little girls got pretty cold, so we stopped in the building to warm up a little bit. Amelia laid down on the ground and put her chin right on the heating vent. And Duffy tried to warm up her hands.
Then we hopped on Trax for a quick ride back to the planetarium parking lot. All in all a fun evening.
This is why the Stringhams don't often stay out past bedtime - they just can't handle it. Everyone of them was sound asleep before we got home.
Some photos of the boys on Sunday morning.
Sunday night we built a fire in the fireplace and cuddled up on the couch and read Christmas stories. (We've determined that we will need a bigger couch before too long - but it worked for the cold weather.) Next, we'll move on to decorating the tree - I hope.
2 comments:
Those cute boys. So you guys are very adventurous. We tried just decorating a gingerbread house this evening at a friend's house and Emma screamed most of the time. We might not be doing too much more celebrating with the whole family this year. Oh, and you are NOT the last hold outs on real trees. Preslars are cool too!
BIG night.
I'm a HUGE fan of real trees-and their smell. Not such a huge fan of the crispy tree a week later (which is what always seemed to happen-dead in a week). We are now the proud owners of a fake, pre-lit tree. And I love it. We just have to rely on fresh wreaths and/or garlands for the smell now.
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