Burnet or Bust

As the end of the year holidays grow closer we seem to get more and more busy on the weekends. This past Saturday was a circus. We started out at a ward Christmas breakfast, and moved on to a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese where I learned a few new things about my kids.
Gwen wants to play on all the toys that she can drive. Even if that means that she is riding with a stranger. She is not afraid of the mouse mascot (some of our friends refer to him as the rat) Nope she wanted to do a dance with him.
She is willing to let Harrison ride with her...if she is driving.
This massive monster truck was on these crazy booster shocks, and the ride was bumping up and down but Gwen just held on to the steering wheel and wanted more when it was over. There was a huge line for this one so we only went once.
Then we found the highlight of the day, and the breakdown point as well. Here is Gwen playing a little racing game that has a stick shift and she is really into the driving mode as you can see, well I tried to get her to let other kids have a chance and she went into hysterics, so I made her take some time out while Harrison ate lunch and calm down.
It was a joint ride so that two player could use it together or one at a time, here is Harrison giving it a try and Gwen on the other side. We did get Gwen off the ride for....
CAKE! This was a really cool cake that was made just for this little boy (Joseph). Chocolate cake in the shape of R2-D2.
I forgot to get a picture of it before the kids were already eating it, but you can get a good idea of what it looked like whole from here, just missing the dome head. (which Gwen is eating)
This is funny seeing as we went with the Hoopes but didn't see much of anyone since I was trapped at the driving rides. Jen is in the background with her boys which I didn't see more than a blur of as well. Little Austin is such a dream in front of the camera, I think that he will be Gwen's new photo coach on smiling.
Later that day we found ourselves at the mall doing a little shopping, and where do you think that I am with the kids? Yep the coin rides. Gwen and Harrison are in a bus...Gwen is driving.
Then later that night we stopped by a friends concert/party where the kids were sent upstairs to play so the adults could mingle...James and I had to take shifts with the kids. During all of this Harrison decided that he liked the drums. And we have a little listen for you too.



Now as for the title of this really long post, on Sunday I wanted so badly to go to the live nativity in Burnet , Texas. We went when Gwen was not quite a year and it was so cold, but this year it was a nice 68º outside so we packed up the kids and snacks and made the hour drive, only to find that the line was over two hours to get in...and it was already 7pm so we turned around and came home. My big mistake of the evening was telling Gwen that we were going to see donkeys and camels. She was asking to see them the rest of the night, I felt really bad. Oh well I think that if we ever go again we will go on a day that is not so popular, like Saturday, or Friday.

As for today it is onto another week, and more things on the check list to do. Bring on the holidays. I can take it.