Holidays

 Happy holidays to all my friends and family out there who take the time to read my blog. I know that keeping a blog keeps my loved ones who live far away in the loop.

This Christmas was a special one since it was Grayson's first holiday season. He, and sister Mira, were spoiled rotten by grandparents and friends. We tried to keep things low key this year, but somehow, the kids always get more than we anticipate.

Mira's big presents were a set of golf clubs (she was surprisingly THRILLED by these), a trip to Great

 Wolf Lodge, tickets to see Shrek the Musical (thanks Grandma and Grandpa Seymour!) and a Furby (any parents of a younger kid will know what I mean and will also understand my inner desire to throw it off the nearest bridge onto a set of train tracks---wow they are annoying and LOUD).

Grayson's big present was an exersaucer. He lived in it all Christmas morning. Grandma and Grandpa Seymour came up on Christmas morning to spend time with the kiddos and watched them open presents before Mira set off to spend time with her Dad.

We took a trip to Great Wolf Lodge where Mira enjoyed exhausting herself with Geoff on the water slides. Grayson spent some time in the wading pool with both Mama and Geoff, but also spent some time napping in front of the fireplace in the lobby. Mama liked this part the best :)

Great Wolf Lodge over the holidays is both good and bad. It is super busy, but not too busy that you can't enjoy yourself. On Friday nights they have a dance party which was very similar to a rave. Glow sticks were available (at a cost of course) and kids were sweating and pink in the face after going ballistic to the music they played (which was straight from 103.5 I think). Even Grayson got in on the dance action.

Mira enjoyed some time sledding and snow playing yesterday with the kids on the street and now we are ready for 2013 to roll in. Grayson has been on puffers for bronchiolitis, but luckily has maintained his little happy spirit.

 Our little family has a lot to be grateful for. We are happy, healthy and we have a lot of love to give one another. We can laugh at ourselves and my children love one another immensely. Life is good.