Happy Holidazzle

On Friday afternoon we jetted down to Elk River for our annual Holidazzle weekend. The kids have a reached a super fun age. They were so fun to watch.

They enjoyed a few nice games of Elefun (sp?) and the Christmas tree remained standing.

The next morning the dad's participated in nice round of tea party. I kept waiting for the dishes to break (Joey is not really used to playing with glass wear)..but no glue needed..

After a two hour nap for Celia, Joey, and Shelley (+baby) we set off for downtown Minneapolis. We had a nice dinner and then it was time to bundle up for the parade!

We are getting smarter as we age. We parked in an awesome parking ramp, on the bottom floor for easy exit.. we were ready in time to score curbside seating for the parade!

While Jeff and I went to Starbucks for some cider, chai, and hot chocolate, derek and erin kept the kids busy with candy canes. We only had to wait for the parade for about a 1/2 hour.

I love this christmas tradition and hope we can continue it every year! Thanks Skubics for a wonderful, relaxing weekend, filled with fun, food and debates about Tiger and Elin, and Jon and Kate....

Thanks to the guy standing next to us for taking our picture!

oh yes.. blueberry muffins for breakfast.

Joey pretending to sleep while we got gas in Zimmerman... too bad he waited until Cloquet to fall asleep. We got home and he said "mommy i'm tired..." =)