FIVE!!! PM

Marie's Bday, pt 2

And then the school day ended so we headed downtown. We had a skillfully planned dinner at Bubbas. This means that Momma and the kiddos showed up just as the meal was served since Daddy got there prior and ordered. Ahhhh..parental teamwork!!!

We then walked a few blocks down to the enormous Christmas tree that sits at the center of our downtown. A certain Christmas celebrity meets the Mayor and flips the switch to turn on the tree for the season and well, we to to be right *there* as he walked by and greeted Marie personally! She was quite stunned! We also ran into her classmate and his mother and their 8 mo old. Daddy was trying to catch up to them and couldn't get through the crowds. We were thrilled to be her extra set of hands; isn't it amazing how that works out? Marie was just tickled to have a buddy to spend this occasion with and we could assist and lift him up as needed so he could see. You can see she was just thrilled with it all...

Ty, of course, loves anything new that he can do with his family and his beloved "Dee Dee." Since she was happy and having fun, he thought it was magnificent!!!!

Hey, look! Momma was there too! Same hat and coat as last year!!!

We walked back to the parking deck where our cars were and got the kids buckled in. Then I took them for a drive to see the lights. At one point, shortly into the drive, I look in the rear view mirror and Ty is babbling away while Marie has drifted into a deep sleep. She was out for the night!!! So we opened her gifts first thing in the AM. She was thrilled with all of them!!! Thank you!