Christmas activities

Well, we have seen a total of 3 Santa's this Christmas season. One was at Mason's school at Breakfast with Santa. All 4 of us went to see this pitiful Santa.


Our second "Santa encounter" was at McWane Center's Polar Express PJ party. This Santa was GREAT!
The kids got to dress in their Christmas PJs and we first watched Polar Express on the IMAX. Talk about up close and personal! We were basically laying on our backs with the movie inches (or so it felt) from our face. It was like sitting in the very front row at a regular movie theater. It took a little bit to get used to. Jack did much better than expected. I figured he and I would only be in there for about 15 minutes but he made it through the entire movie!! Thanks to the popcorn, skittles, raisins and other snacks I brought. When the food ran out, the attention span ran out. But the great thing was with everyone practically laying on their back and looking up, they never saw my child running around and acting up! Ha!

After the movie, they each got a bell...just like in the movie, then we moved into another room where Santa was waiting with milk, cookies and hot chocolate.





We even saw a friend of ours Harris and his brother Hayes and Mom Tama. We also got to play a little bit at McWane Center after seeing Santa.





Now onto Christmas morning. Just check out our living room before the boys got ahold of it. Can we just say "excess"?



And here the boys are running down the stairs to see what Santa has brought them. Then they moved onto the stockings and then presents. Jack LOVED his kitchen as you can see!!






Last, we made rice krispy treat houses and decorated them...after Christmas because Mommy forgot about them. You can see Jack and his house decorated and then Mason and his house decorated.





The Fitts family would like to wish everyone a Happy and Safe 2010!!

Where has the time gone??????

Oh my goodness how time flies when you are BUSY!!! That would be why you have not seen an update in FOREVER!! Shall we get updated since the last post? Well, we had Halloween which was a lot of fun with the Binkered's clan. We went to Libby's (Dan's Grandmother) house/neighborhood to trick or treat. Below if a picture of everyone. Mason was a vampire and Jack was a gorilla.



So the next big event was thanksgiving. Nana, Poppy and Grandma came to visit which was a lot of fun. We even had a chance to visit with some old family friends for dinner...Don and Martha Seibert. We miss Nana, Poppy and Grandma a bunch and wish they lived closer!!



Pictures are backwards...but we will all have to deal with it. As you know I am not too good at this blogging thing still.

Next we have the Helena Christmas Parade where Mason was going to walk in the parade...or so we thought. Instead Mason, Dan and Jack ended up riding in the Cub Scouts bus and I ENDED UP WALKING. How did I get the short end of the stick??? It turned out to be a lot of fun. Got to chat with friends who were walking with me and chat with other friends we saw along the way. Got a few pictures of the bus and the boys.



And to wrap things up, I am in full swing of Christmas cookie and candy making. Tonight I took on the challenge of Buckeye's. Man...now I know why I only make these every few years! They take on a life of their own when you are trying to mix the batter. And then you are rolling the batter into balls the next 1/2 of your life. And with the other 1/2 of your life, you are dipping the balls into chocolate. But boy are they worth it!! They are YUMMY and make great gifts. So, below are pictures of the men in my life rolling buckeye's. Just beware of the weird shaped ones...those are Jack's and he was licking his fingers as he went along. Don't worry to all you buckeye recipients...we kept those just for the family!



Tomorrow is Mason's birthday party which we are looking forward to! Skating party, here we come. But don't worry Dad, I will not be putting skates on these feet! Pictures to follow.....