First Weekend in December

It’s December – the most wonderful time of the year! This weekend was so much fun, but went by way too quickly!

Saturday, we had Keith’s holiday party, our sixth EIG party! The parties get bigger and better every year! In years past, they have been at the Aquarium and Fenway! This year was at the Museum of Fine Arts. Now that I’m a stay-at-home-mama, I don’t get to get dressed up very much, so I was really looking forward to that!

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please excuse Gunner photo bombing 😉

I use Rent the Runway, since I hate to buy fancy dresses that I’ll never wear again!

Over the years, we’ve gotten close to several of his coworkers, so we always have a great time!

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Moms + Dive Bars 😉

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Sadly, most of the museum was off-limits to our party, with the exception of a couple small exhibits.

These were two of my favorite childhood books – “Make Way for Ducklings” and “Blueberries for Sal”. It was so cool to see all the original artwork and sketches!

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The highlight of our night was the entertainment- The Bumby’s! I had never heard of them before, but they are creative artists that give a “fair and honest assessment based solely on your looks”. We waited in line for about 45 minutes, but they nailed it! It was a lot of fun! They can’t hear you since they are listening to music, and you can’t see their face so they can remain anonymous. They’ve been doing this for about 10 years, and now travel all over the country!

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Sunday morning we were up bright + early, so we headed to breakfast at our new spot. It is the cutest little diner inside our local airport. It’s teeny tiny, but we had front row seats to the small planes landing and taking off. My child is obsessed with trains and planes, so she loved this place! The food was so yummy too!

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Counting her crayons …. “thirteen, fourteen, fourty-four, fourty-five, fourty-eight!”
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Mickey Mouse M&M Pancake!

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After naptime and a huge Patriots win (shout out to our man TB12 – the GOAT!!!) we headed out to check out Christmas lights! Gracie is obsessed with all things Christmas this year, and loves looking at the lights!

We drove to two different neighborhoods that were totally decked out. The second was set to music, and you could tune to the radio station and listen along to the show!

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A little blurry, but you get the idea!

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Don't worry .. we parked to watch the light show, so I let her sit on my lap to get a better view!
Don’t worry .. we parked to watch the light show, so I let her sit on my lap to get a better view!

I hope that you had a great weekend!! Linking up with Biana


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Weekending: Edaville Railroad + ThomasLand

Helloooooo blogging world! Well, it’s been a quick minute — you won’t believe it if you saw my “Drafts” here in my dashboard! November has been hands down, the busiest month of the year. And here we are, Thanksgiving is over and Christmas will be here in just a few weeks! I have lots of fun posts planned, so let’s just jump right back in!

I’ve decided that each Thanksgiving weekend is going to involve Thanksgiving with both our families, a day of decorating and a fun-my-little-family-only day! This year did not disappoint!

Saturday we ventured the 1and 1/2 hour drive to Carver, MA – a town I had never even heard of before – that is home to Edaville USA and ThomasLand. Gracie is OBSESSED with trains and Thomas. My little tomboy 🙂

We decided to go this time of year because they also do a Festival of Lights, and we thought it would be really pretty and special to experience at Christmas.

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It was a cold afternoon/evening and a tough time of day for her (she doesn’t do well with after-nap activities) and she may have been a little too young – but she had an absolute blast!!

***Tickets can definitely be pricey – if you wait to buy tickets there it’s $37/adult and $32 for a child (and yes, a 2 year counts as a child!) – but we lucked out and as we were walking in, someone had an extra adult ticket they handed us. I also think they are doing a Cyber Monday special for a BOGO ticket for the 2017 season, which is definitely a great deal!!***

Happy Cyber Monday everyone – I can’t wait to catch up on all the great sales and deals (even though my shopping is 97% done!!)


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Life lately + a giveaway

Happy Monday friends! How is it really October 24?! ? This month has just flown by and my calendar from now until Thanksgiving is completely full! Say what?! 2016 is almost over y’all! Eeek…..

We are in week three of being home fulltime and it has been the most fun, challenging, exhausting few weeks haha! I love all this time with her, but we are desperately trying to find our footing and a schedule that works for us. It’s been a lot of trial and error over here! If you have any tips or schedules that work for you, I would love to hear them!!

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We love fall and fall activities …. the Topsfield Fair, apple picking, and visiting the local farm!


Have you seen my posts lately about JORD watches? I’ve teamed up with them to do a giveaway! The giveaway ends on 10/31, so you have one more week to enter!

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Everyone who enters and doesn’t win, will still get a $20 e-certificate!!

https://www.woodwatches.com/g/httpwww.leopardandgrace.com


We are getting ready to leave for Dallas this week! My husband and I will be there from Thursday to Sunday and staying in Grapevine, so if you are from/know the area and have any suggestions, I’d love to hear them!

Have an awesome day friends! Linking up Biana today!

 

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