We had a busy and fun Christmas time. Tomorrow, we go back to official homeschooling and regular life. The decorations have been put away. The house has been put back in order. This time of year I always feel conflicted. I am sad that the Christmas season has passed, but I'm happy to be back to the regular routine again. Here are the highlights from our Christmas.
One of the first things we did to celebrate the Christmas season was go to
Christmas Town at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. We got a great deal from Busch Gardens. We got tickets for $12 each. They were only to be used on certain dates, but we made it work. Kaylee and I actually went twice. We went once as a family and then we went with friends.
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| Kaylee posing in front of a Christmas tree. The weather was pleasant the day we went as a family. |
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| We went to see the penguins. |
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| Kaylee and Frosty. |
One day during the week, we went to the mall to see Santa. Kaylee had a Christmas list to share with Santa.
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| Kaylee with Santa. Her doll Kirsten that she got for Christmas last year also went to see Santa. |
Our homeschool group offered discounts to Great Wolf Lodge for certain days in December. We took advantage of those and spent two nights at Great Wolf Lodge. It is a resort and indoor water park.
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| Kaylee at Great Wolf Lodge. |
We attended the homeschool Christmas party at the bowling alley.
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| Kaylee loves to bowl with her friends! |
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| At the Christmas party, we paid extra to go to the mobile gem mining lab. |
There were also discounted tickets to the
ICE! show at the Gaylord Hotel in the new National Harbor right outside of Washington DC. We really enjoyed this event. I underestimated how cold it was going to be. It was 9 degrees. They gave us parkas to wear over our regular coats. Brrr.
I found that the best way to enjoy this show was to step outside and warm up, then go back in again. As far as I know, you can do this as many times as you would like. Those hand warmer packets helped, too. We enjoyed the Frosty the Snowman theme. Our favorite part was sliding on the ice slide.
We decorated gingerbread men and a gingerbread house.
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| Kaylee showing off one of her gingerbread men. |
Of course, Kaylee helped make Christmas dinner.
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| Kaylee helping to make dinner rolls. |
Then, it was Christmas morning. Santa was generous, as usual, to Kaylee. We had a great Christmas.
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| Kaylee with her doll Kirsten and her new doll Isabelle. |
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| Kaylee trying out her new pogo stick. |
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and a blessed New Year.
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