Christmas 2018 Highlights

What a blessed Holiday we had this past year. 

Bryan and I both have very strained relationships with our immediate families, so holidays have always been a little depressing. But since having kids we have tried to create new traditions to create our new normal.

Christmas 2018 was the first year where we did what we wanted to do. We spent hours with old friends and new friends, and enjoyed each other on Christmas Day. Here is what we did:

We start off the season right with a Christmas Tree lighting at the Four Seasons.

We visited Moody Gardens Ice exhibit and their Festival of Lights. There we met us with an old friend who lives out in League City. She has four boys so Beau was I’m heaven. 

We went to Zoo Lights on the coldest day of the year! We walked really fast.

We had Breakfast with Santa at the Hilton.

We played charades with Uncle Curtis and Mary. 

We spent a few hours at the zoo with Nathan and his two kids 

We had a Christmas Eve party with our neighbor Jordyn. We played musical chairs, decorated a gingerbread house and even sang carols in the apartment lobby!

We had lunch at the Four Seasons with my aunts and cousins

We spent 8 hours at Moody Gardens with Robbie and Krista and their two sweeties, Emma and Aria. 

Lots of great memories made with lots of great people.

Breakfast with Santa at Hilton Americas

On Saturday December 15th, 2018 we had Breakfast with Santa at the Hilton Americas.

They had a cute little winter wonderland set up.

We went with my neighbor Lorie and her granddaughter Jordyn.

She made us reservations which was a good thing because it was slammed. They gave us one of their rooms.

We did the buffet and it was great!

Santa came to our room and spent around five minutes with the kiddos.

This was a great experience and we will add it to our list of holiday traditions.

Science Classes at the Houston Museum of Natural Science

Beau has a science class once a month in the basement of the Houston Museum of Natural Science. I was able to get him in to this program by registering with HEART - Home Education and Responsible Teaching. To join their group, it was $35 for the year. They have other activities but I specifically joined because of the science classes. I registered Beau for the science class in August, and I had to do so fast. They have various times and days but they fill up quickly. I checked the calendar on the HEART website a few times a day so I was able to catch it when they posted registration.

The class is an hour long and in the basement of the museum. You get free admission for you, your student and whoever else is with you when you come. You are allowed to sit in the class with your student, even if you have another child with you, as long as they aren't disruptive. Since Harper is in her terrible two stage, we site right outside the classroom and play while Beau is in class. I try and get my husband to come with us so Beau has someone there with him, but he has been by himself before as well.

After the class we have access to any of the museum's permanent exhibitions, as well as discounted rates on other exhibits and movie showing.

This science class has been a great addition in his homeschooling and we look forward to continuing it for years to come!

October 22nd, 2018 - Bright Side of the Moon

September 10th, 2018 - Wildlife Lab: South American Adventure

Kite Festival at Hermann Park March 25th, 2018

We had such a fun time at Hermann Park's annual Kite Festival!

Harper is too young to fly a kite but she had just as much fun with her brother's streamer!

We brought Beau's Star Wars kite so he could join in on the fun.

We brought bubbles!

When we had had enough kite flying, we walked over to the McGovern Lake. There we stopped at the Steel City Pops kiosk for a sweet treat!

Beau wanted to try the chocolate but Harper would not let it out of her grip!

We look forward to the 2019 Kite Festival!