Ringing In the New Year With Friends

Homemade pizza - kids got to make their own!

Cheers to 2018!

Muffins on Main

A little mid-morning treat before we head to the library for some mini-golf (yes, mini-golf at the library).  :-)

American Girl Store

A fun trip to Natick while the boys are seeing the new Star Wars movie.  Lilly got her ears pierced today.

Ready for Sparring!

One of Bree's most coveted Christmas presents this year was sparring gear for Taekwondo.  She's soooo ready -- I'm just not sure that I am!!  

White Christmas

Old man winter dumped a significant amount of snow here in Westford today.  So thankful that we didn't need to go ANYWHERE!

Merry Christmas

Looks like Santa came while we were sleeping!  Yippee!!

And so it begins....  iPod touches for both kiddos.  What have we done?!?

Pretty Patriots earrings from Daddy.

Christmas Eve

Getting ready to open some special packages from Oregon.

Last year the kids came up with a new Christmas tradition.  It'a family yankee swap, but the gifts must be handmade.  This years gifts to one another are pictured below:  a smiley emoji made of rainbow loom bands, a wooden treasure box (which Daddy will help the recipient paint in a chosen color / design), a collage of our recent NYC trip, and a self-contained Tic-Tac-Toe game.  Nice creativity, everyone!!  :-)

Barriault Family Christmas

Luckily we made it to Poland for our Barriault Family Christmas.  Thanks to a yucky snow / ice storm yesterday, we all missed the Couture gathering at Aunt Cindy's house yesterday.  Sadness.  :-(  We had a very delayed departure yesterday, and arrived in Poland last night -- in time for this mornings festivities.  It's a short, but sweet visit.  Back to Westford tonight to await a visit from Santa Claus!

Awkward Family Christmas Cards

Maybe next year.....??  Hahahaha!!

Class Holiday Parties

Party Mom x 2 this year.  It was a busy way to start the day with back-to-back parties this morning.  Glad we got them both in, though, before the snow got bad!  Many schools in the area cancelled school today.....  We lucked out -- whew!

Celect Holiday Party

Company party at Celect's new headquarters - 125 Summer Street.  It was nice to finally meet many of Sean's work colleagues after over a year at his new job!

Rudolph Cookies

A Christmas tradition, and everyone's favorite!

Gingerbread House Party

It's time for the Dickson's annual Gingerbread House Decorating Party.

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During......

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Nutcracker

We went to see Jose Mateo's Nutcracker at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston today.  A very fun day in the city for the ladies.  

First Snow Fall

A Winter Wonderland in the backyard.  Here's hoping the white stuff sticks around until Christmas!!

Sunday Morning

Kicking back with Wikki the Elf and a couple books, just waiting for the rest of the household to wake up!  LOL!

Holiday Lego Treats

Handcrafted for Jahla and Zoe, from Aiden.  :-)

Decorated Alas!

Took us a while, but we finally got that beautiful tree decorated!

Central Park

Little bit of fall foliage left in "The Ramble" in Central Park this morning.

The Bow Bridge.

Belvedere Castle.

Rockefeller Center