Saturday was a nice little family day which was much-needed. I think we have had some weeks where we see Brent for maybe 12 hours over the course 
of a whole week including a weekend, so this was a special treat for us to all be together. Our neighborhood had a small little Christmas festival called Christmas on McArthur on Saturday. We had pretty warm weather so we just got the kids in the stroller and checked it out. They blocked off the street and set up vendors everywhere. It was fun- they had free hot cider, hot chocolate, and brownies. We finally got Griffin to try hot chocolate. I know it sounds weird, but he has been paranoid that we are going to try to burn his mouth on purpose. Of course, by the time he actually took a sip it was "lukewarm chocolate", but he liked it anyway. Christmas on McArthur had a lot going on. The marines were there to collect toys for Toys For Tots. There was a fire truck, Santa, live music, people playing bag pipes, and let's not forget...the Storm Troopers from Star Wars. I mean, what's Christmas without a few Storm Troopers? Not sure why they were there, but the kids loved it. 
of a whole week including a weekend, so this was a special treat for us to all be together. Our neighborhood had a small little Christmas festival called Christmas on McArthur on Saturday. We had pretty warm weather so we just got the kids in the stroller and checked it out. They blocked off the street and set up vendors everywhere. It was fun- they had free hot cider, hot chocolate, and brownies. We finally got Griffin to try hot chocolate. I know it sounds weird, but he has been paranoid that we are going to try to burn his mouth on purpose. Of course, by the time he actually took a sip it was "lukewarm chocolate", but he liked it anyway. Christmas on McArthur had a lot going on. The marines were there to collect toys for Toys For Tots. There was a fire truck, Santa, live music, people playing bag pipes, and let's not forget...the Storm Troopers from Star Wars. I mean, what's Christmas without a few Storm Troopers? Not sure why they were there, but the kids loved it. 
We also went to a pottery painting place called Paint and Play up at the mall. I had been planning on taking Griffin for awhile but it never seemed to work out, so we all went this time. We painted a plate to put cookies on for Santa (our family project) and Griffin painted a little gingerbread man plate. He did a pretty good job, but towards the end, the gingerbread man looked like he was dressed in camouflage. Griffin had a good time and was much more focused than I thought he would be. His favorite part was picking out more bottles of paint to use. Gray enjoyed playing with paper under the table-hey, it kept him busy! 
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