Alden and Carson

Alden and Carson
Third Birthday

Sunday, December 12, 2010

Tis the Season

We spent this last week getting all ready for Christmas and celebrating Hannukah too!

Picking out our Christmas Tree!
We have an amazing grapefruit tree in our yard with hundreds of grapefruits and Alden decided to pick one!
Carson playing with the coolest handmade toy at Grandma Kathy and Pops' house for our Hannukah celebration.The Weiss Clan
Pops teaching Alden and Carson how to play dreidel.Alden perfecting the game!
Alden's first haircut - had to have this shot to show how long it REALLY was before the cut!

He sat so still in Daddy's lap the entire time - we were shocked!

The finished product - what a handsome little boy!
As the weather has turned cooler, we have continued enjoying our outside area. I snapped this shot after Carson had just actually SEEN an airplane for the first time. We hear them all the time and talk about them. But we have lots of trees in our yard and they are very hard to spot. The look of amazement on his face is so cute to me!
All decorated for the Christmas Season!
And then.....we went to see Santa. We decided to go to the Market Square area this past Saturday - a lot less stressful than the mall. But, we waited until after the boys' nap and the event was over. So, we strolled through Lofty Pursuits and met the owner. He said he might just be able to wrangle up ol' Santa for us and the next thing we knew - we were climbing into Santa's sleigh in the Pavilion! However, as you'll see from the next pictures, it did not last long.


They were a little uncertain and looking at Daddy, Grandma Kathy and Pops for guidance as to what Momma was doing with them up there!


Then, Santa decided to be cute and touch Alden's nose and THAT did not go well!

And after Alden exited the scene, Carson didn't want anymore either.
So, we spent the next hour with the boys running around the Pavilion and having a blast - and watching Santa's sleigh from afar!
They were mesmerized by the high ceilings with the birds flying through and the speakers at the top blasting Christmas music.

Then Alden discovered that he didn't have to ride in his stroller - he could push it instead!
After an early dinner at The Red Elephant, we went to Dorothy B. Oven Park to see the lights. For some reason, Carson decided to make snow angels in the gravel - it was ridiculous and dirty, but so funny!

He was very proud of himself!


Alden LOVED the bear in the park :)

The closest we came to a shot of the two of them!

A pic with Grandma Kathy and Pops - again, the best we could do!

Our family photo with the bear. It was a wonderful day - can't wait for the rest of the holiday festivities - what fun experiencing them with 17 month olds this year. Happy Holidays!

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