Christmas 2010

Christmas Eve with the Bench Family 2010

One of our favorite traditions of the Christmas season is Christmas Eve with the Bench Family. It starts with a delicious dinner then moves onto a short program which includes the kids acting out the nativity and some caroling, then ends with the traditional pyramid picture and dessert!



AJ putting the finishing touches on her beautiful table



The delicious dinner



Porter and J getting into costume for the big nativity




I don't know what these two little shepherds are up to but I am pretty sure it is no good :)



L getting the baby Jesus ready




The Pyramid



The aftermath which I think is the boys (big and small) favorite part!

Shake Shack, The Intrepid, & Rockefeller @ Christmas OH MY!

It has become a tradition in our family to go into NYC during the month of December to see Santa @ Santa's Wonderland in MACY's. This year we didn't make it until December 23rd. We pulled the boys out of school for the day and headed into the City. We opted to not see Santa because we were not able to get in until about 11:30 and would have to wait about 2 hrs to see him at that point. So we headed straight to the Shake Shack for lunch. It was fabulous as always. Then we decided to go to the Intrepid. It was not in our orignal plan but ended up being the best part of the day. Even though it was a little cold the boys loved seeing all the planes and learning the history of the Intrepid. Next we headed over to the Rockefeller Center to see the TREE. Then we rounded the day off at our favorite Pizza place Tottono's. It was a great day and we already look forward to next year!



The Shake Shack, always a crowd pleaser!












This was Hudson's favorite he called it "the Sharkcopter"



A random pic with Elmo



The tree at Rockefeller

Hudson's Kindergarten holiday program

A few pictures from Hudson's Holiday sing along. The room was packed with parents, family, etc. So I didn't get any good pics of them actually performing. It was so cute. Hudson was right on the front row singing and doing all the actions. Then after the performance we had all brought some Holiday treats so everyone visited and ate.



Hudson's best friend Andy he asked to have his picture taken with him. So cute!



This is Hudson's "friend" Tabitha he also asked to have his picture taken with her :)