Wickedly Festive

Ava and I went to see Wicked on Tuesday night. Our movie theater runs special pricing and promos on Tuesday night, and man, the theater was SO busy! I'm so happy that we have to pre-purchase seats, so we know that we have them available, no matter how long we're stuck in the popcorn line. The movie was fantastic...the music, the set, the costumes, the singing, etc. It was very long...it's hard to believe it's just Act 1!

G was being a super silly Gen Alpha kid...look at him mewing!

Guess who turned 8 on Friday?! We celebrated with a pup cup, which Pria absolutely loves.

On Saturday, my mom came over with her plain sugar cookies, and we put the kids to work. They decorated the cookies, while I made peppermint snowball cookies, and then my mom and I made fudge. I forgot how tiring it is...it's just a lot of chaos for a few hours, and then we end up with amazingly yummy treats!

G, Aaron, and Ava

On Saturday night, G and I are heading to the GLOW Holiday Festival at CHS Field, with some cousins. Luckily the temps are in the high 30's so we won't be freezing. I'm excited to see what it's all about. Pics to come next week!

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