Grandma and Grampa Arrive

Summer was pleased to welcome Grampa (and Grandma) to Los Angeles this weekend.


A holdover from last weekend -- Carson and I spent a lot of time sledding the sand dunes. Not nearly as fast as snow, but still a lot of fun.


Santa made an appearance at Del Rey Lagoon park.


Where there's Santa there must be candy canes.


Even without any peppermint flavored suger, Summer still had plenty of fun at the park.

Winter Wonderland

Carson & Summer were excited to be back at the Manhattan Beach Holiday Fireworks Festival, even if Santa wasn't.


It had been a big week. On Monday St. Nick visited, bringing balls and Shape-Os.


Of course he also brought his traditional chocolate marshmallow Santas.


The weekend brought some major holiday events. Saturday night we took in the Marina Del Rey holiday boat parade.


This weekend also brought some shifts in the sleeping arrangements. Summer moved out of her exclusive space in the master suite to begin sharing the jungle room with Carson.


You'd be surprised how sticky you can get with a single candy cane.


Sledding in seventy-plus degree weather is the only way to go.


Even though she didn't get any sleigh rides, Summer was still pretty excited about the day.


The blog continues to set a high bar for posting during the holidays.

O Christmas Tree

Despite dropping temperatures we still managed to spend some time at the park this week.


Carson spent some time exploring every centimeter of the slides at Polliwog Park.


We made the annual pilgrimage down the street to Home Depot to procure that most important of Christmas symbols.


For the first time we had some assistance in trimming the tree.


Are you ready to rock! The blog will be doing the best to keep up the weekly pace as the holidays approach.