Christmas Vacation Part 1 - Build-A-Bear

We had a great vacation. Here's what we did (in order):

1. Eat (Holy Smokes, did we ever?!)

2. Rock Band on the Wii

3. Board games

We first went to Mississippi. Matt's sister (and family) were at her in-laws house. Boy, we had a great time. We did all of the 3 things above. Oh my, was the food good! We totally became addicted to Rock Band. Thanks to Bob & Colleen for letting us come and being so hospitable.

Next, we ventured up to North Carolina to celebrate with my family. We bought the Rock Band 2 for our own Wii on the way up. We played all night, every night up there. We had the best band ever! Matt on bass, Andy on drums, Kevin on guitar, and me at the microphone. Whew boy, were we good! : ) The Wii is such a family friendly game that everybody enjoyed having their turn rockin' out...trust me, we have video proof! : )

Grandma Jean and Grandpa took Karalyn and Sydney to Build-A-Bear for their Christmas presents. Kari and Kevin bought them their animal's outfits. Karalyn chose out a bunny while Sydney chose a penguin.

Sydney didn't want her picture taken...
They chose "Jingle Bell Rock" to put in the paws. Sydney loves to hear Jingle Bells and Jingle Bell Rock - so perfect!

Here they are "cleaning" their new animals.

For the outfits, it was too funny. The girls turn the corner and here are all the Disney Princess costumes. Without any hesitation, Sydney picks Snow White with Cinderella's clear high heel glass slippers. Karalyn chooses Cinderella's dress and flowery shoes to match. That was it - done! We thought choosing the clothes would take forever as there are SO many options. Nope, they knew exactly what they wanted. What's even funnier, is the girls have absolutely no idea who those characters are. I'm sure they will soon enough. I don't have a picture of the final product...I will get one though because Grandma Jean bought the girls matching outfits to wear with their animals! So cute!