Weekend fun...

I'm finally caught up to the timing of this weeked. Last night, our next door neighbor organized a group of kids to go Christmas caroling. They do this every year but this was our first year of participating. Maddie and I went over to join the fun while Mike and William went Christmas shopping. What a great group of kids and families. Such fun! Unfortunately only a few families on the block were actually home to enjoy the caroling. We still enjoyed walking around the neighborhood in the 70 degree weather. We are sure in for a surprise when we land in Minneapolis on Tuesday. It's going to be coooooold. But until than, mini heat wave for Southern California. Crazy to think it's Christmas week. This afternoon we went to the Duck's game. We actually invited a couple of the neighbor families last minute to join us and it was a nice, mellow time. Not that I didn't have a million other things I should be doing... but it was fun and a nice diversion to the lists of things to do. Maddie, Chandler and McKenzie had their picture taken with the "Santa Duck!" Maddie wasn't so sure at first but worked up the nerve to jump in with her friends. She's such a scaredy cat sometimes!

Sonja and Baby Lucas came over to the game as well. This was Baby Lucas's first hockey game. Doesn't it look like he loved it? Big future fan, I can tell. Isn't he just dreamy? Seriously, he's such a cutie and such a gem. He slept the whole time. Fun times. Ok, I have to get back to the packing now... I'm determined to be organized and ready for our Minnesota Christmas vacation!