Bennett's Preschool Christmas Program

Bennett's Preschool had a very cute Christmas program this year. They practiced songs for months, and I heard Jingle Bells over and over from about Nov. 15th through February 1st! The kids are just so darn cute though all dressed up. They had Santa come and give the kids each a cute little gift as well. Bennett was a bit scared of Santa this year and didn't want to sit on his lap. Oh well...maybe next year!

The teachers at the preschool.

Zoe, Samantha, and Bennett.

Samantha, Marina, and Bennett.

Legoland with the Lewis and Ferrulli clan Dec 2009

We joined the family at Legoland around Christmastime for a day full of Lego fun. Amanda, Joe, Max, Sam, and Nick and Ardis met up with us there. Bennett truly loves it there, and Dan loves just being around Legos...I think it might secretly be his "happy place". :o) Had a great day and so fun to see the park decorated for Christmas.

Curious George got to be escorted around Legoland all day. So we had to have a picture with him in it! :o)

Grandma and Bennett waiting for the firefighter show to start.

Do you know how hard it is to get 3 boys to take a picture together at the same time? This was as close as I got that day!!

Grandpa riding the pirate ship ride with Bennett and Sam.

San Diego - December 2009

Before Christmas we decided to combine our trip to Legoland with the Lewis-Ferrulli clan into a weekend in San Diego with the Lenharts. My mom and Cheryl went along with us to say overnight a few nights in San Diego. Such a fun trip! We took Bennett to Balboa Park to ride the Butterflies and Airplanes ride, the Carousel, and the miniature train, and then spent most of the day at the miniature railroad train museum. We also went to visit the Hotel Del on Coronado Island...so pretty there. I had to laugh though because it was Christmastime, the Hotel Del had an ice skating rink up, and everyone was in their scarves and mittens ice skating, while off in the distance you could see people surfing in the ocean. Only in California!

Cutest ride ever...butterflies for the girls and airplanes for the boys. This ride reminded me of something you would find at a roadside attraction while traveling across country.

Dan and Bennett on the miniature train in Balboa park.

Bennett playing in the sand at the Hotel Del.

Mom and Bennett...Hotel Del.

Bennett intently watching trains go by at the miniature train museum.

The Lego Train exhibit...we could have watched this one all day!

We also went to see the Christmas Light Boat Parade. Very neat experience...everyone decorates their boats and parades them through the harbor.

Bowling!

Ok - so with lots of practice on the Wii at Bowling we decided to take Bennett bowling for real for the first time. He LOVED it, and totally got into being the bowling ball monitor...very good at handing them to us when it was our turn. I must say I was pretty proud of him for getting a score of 92 on his first time bowling ever.. (we won't mention that there were some bumpers involved. :o) Who knew that they made bowling shoes that small too...he had fun "slipping" around on the lanes in his shoes.

Disneyland for Cheryl's Birthday

For the first time in my life I purchased an annual pass to Disneyland and somehow managed to talk my mom and sister into doing it also. We are making the most of it this year! Cheryl decided that was where she wanted to go for her birthday. It was beautifully decorated with all the Christmas decorations and was just such a fun day. I'm loving the Christmas season this year!

Cheryl and the tree on Main Street.

Cheryl and Bennett in their Santa hats.

Bennett LOVES to ring that bell on the Fire Truck!

Bennett "hanging out" with Grammy riding on the Autopia. She is a wild driver I tell ya!

Bennett in the Toady car. I never realized how many people like to take a picture in this car. Never knew it was such a picture spot before!

Cheryl riding the Main Street Trolley.

Bennett and I riding the rockets.

My mom and I waiting to ride on the monorail.

Mom and Cheryl.

Mom and Cheryl hanging out with Mickey

Happy Birthday Nick!

December brings many birthdays in our family. My sister In Law Amanda's birthday was on the 3rd - and we celebrated, but I forgot my camera! On the 5th, it was my Father in Law Nick's birthday. I had the distinct honor of making his birthday cake. He owns a 1969 MGC GT, so I made an MG emblem on the cake. We had a lot of fun celebrating with the relatives that day! Happy Birthday Nick!

Nick and Ardis

The kids were "helping" grandpa blow out the candles. :o)

Dan and his Dad.

Dan, Nick , and Amanda

My mom thought it would be funny to get Nick a Viking hat since anyone who knows him knows that he is a huge Vikings fan (football that is. :o) The hat was hilarious! and somehow she found a card that sang opera as well to go with it!

Ardis sporting the newest in Viking attire. :o)

The kids were attempting to "fix" grandpa...think they may have banged him up a bit more than they fixed him though. :o)