Christmas Fun

Yesterday, we went to Six Flags - Holiday in the park for Bubby's birthday. That's what he had asked to do this year. My work conveniently gave me 4 free tickets good for anytime in Decmember. NICE.

We planned to go last Saturday ON his birthday, but the weather was YUCKY (Cold and wet)!! We got out there at about 4pm and had a nice few hours, but the cold air drove us home after about 3 hours. It had gotten down to about 37 degrees by the time we made it back to the car. That might have been tolerable without the wind. It was still worth the drive out there though. We enjoyed a few rides, $9 worth of hot chocolate and some good family time. Here are a few pics:

The Hubby and I enjoying an INSIDE show (and some warmth):

The kids and I in line for a ride:

Bubby being patient in line:

Bubby and I about to take off on a roller coaster:

Fancy and her Daddy ready for their turn:

It was QUITE windy at this point. I had to time the picture just right so that I caught Frosty standing upright. This was right before we made a mad dash for the car:

When we made it home, we decided to bake. That might not have been a great idea. It was already 8:30 and we started the task a bit tired. We completed the job though and had fun doing it. We baked around 200 chocolate chip, peanut butter , oatmeal, and sugar cookies. We also made "White Trash" (I didn't make up the name people). This stuff is TASTY !! It's peanuts, pretzels, cheerios, and golden grahams coated with melted vanilla almond bark. Addiciting !!

White trash:

We bagged up the goodies for our neighbors and put them in these adorable cookie boxes I found for a STEAL at Garden Ridge. We will be delivering them today. The rest of the cookies and "trash" will be enjoyed by us over the next week. After that, I'm sure I will need a date with the treadmill.

Goodies for the neighbors:

Daddy and Bubby hard at work:

Bubby rolling the peanut butter cookies:

Hard at work cutting out his cookies:

Fancy perfecting hers:

Oh yeah ... and one last thing ... here is our pitiful little gingerbread house. We were sad at how small it was. It seems I picked up the wrong box this year. Ooops. Bubby still had a fun time decorating it all by himself this year. Fancy wasn't interested in arguing with him over which candy went where.

Note to self: It is worth the expense to buy 2 next year. Do it.

Have a MERRY CHRISTMAS !!!