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Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland in So Cal

January 2, 2015 By fancyfreein4th

Happy New Year! To kick start 2015, the fabulous Kristen from Easy Teaching Tools is hosting a Blog Hop with some of the amazing Southern California bloggers that we have all come to know, admire and love.  There are 2 awesome giveaways and a ton of freebies along the way… details at the end of this post!

This Winter break has FLOWN by.

Let me share some of the fun things that my family does during the winter…
One of the traditions we have over the Christmas break is to go out to look at Christmas lights.  There is a neighborhood close to us that has an AMAZING set up. Last year, we drove through the neighborhood on a lovely Wednesday evening- tucked into our car, listening to Christmas music and sipping on some hot chocolate. This year we decided to walk the neighborhood with a group of friends on a Saturday night. 
 I should have turned the car around once we saw police officers ushering and monitoring traffic.  Going on the weekend= BIG MISTAKE! We were there for probably 15 minutes before throwing in the towel!
Our newest Christmas traditions was going the Preschool Christmas pageant.  My daughter, Penelope goes to preschool 2 1/2 days a week, and this year she was an angel for the pageant.  
I thought I would be that mom sobbing in the front row, but instead I was the mom sweating and pacing in the back of the chapel trying to keep our 18 month old, Eli quiet and entertained. This boy is on the move 24/7… keeps me in shape I suppose.

One of my favorite things to do over any school break is get together with some of my other mommy friends and have play dates.  One of my favorite friends, Michelle from Two Belles & a Beau, is a Kindergarten teacher and she always hosts the most amazing holiday play dates! It’s a fun time to pretend to be a stay at home mom and spend good time with friends and our littles.

Every year we go to Fashion Island and take a picture in front of their gorgeous tree! They also have an amazing tree lighting ceremony but we missed it this year.  This is a great place to shop with the littles because of the fun coy pond and the wide outdoor space for the kids to run around with dad while mom gets to fall in love with EVERYTHING inside Anthropologie #swoon! Seriously, I want everything in that store… It is like somebody went inside my head and created home, kitchen, clothing, kid toys and accessories JUST.FOR. ME.
Look at all of that SUNSHINE!

This last picture is one of my favorite family traditions. We open up or Christmas PJ’s on Christmas Eve so we are ready for Christmas Day.  This year we went the coordinated route!

As part of our Blogger Hop, we are all sharing a FREEBIE as well as our SoCal Winter stories.

Be sure to grab my Freebie here…Any other upper grade teachers out there working on Algebraic Patterns?  Having students recognize, state and repeat patterns is so mathematically important- it sets them up for fractions, division, multiplication and problem solving. Why not have them practice it in a cute and fun way!?!

 This is a page from my newest set… 

Snowflake Patterns & Functions {4.OA.5}

Be sure to enter our Blog Hop Giveaway. There will be 2 winners!!!

 The prizes are equally as awesome:one $60 TpT Gift Certificate and one $60 Target Card.
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Hop on over to the fabulous Kindergarten Blogger Beth from A Kindergarten Life For Me next!



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  1. Easy Teaching Tools says

    January 2, 2015 at 6:19 am

    Those sound like perfect memory makers for the holidays! I especially love the Christmas jammies!
    Kristen

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  2. Jessica Preece says

    January 2, 2015 at 6:27 am

    Great post! I included the Fashion Island tree in my post too! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Kathie @Tried and True Teaching Tools says

    January 2, 2015 at 6:38 am

    LOVE the Christmas PJ's; I'm so impressed your hubby agreed not only to wear them, but take a picture in them!! 🙂 Thanks for the snowflake freebie!!

    Reply
  4. Holly Hodges @ Research and Play says

    January 2, 2015 at 7:22 am

    Anthropologie, don't even get me started! Obsessed! Just found out tonight that they have a wedding line? Already picking out my future wedding dress…

    Reply
  5. Bright Concepts 4 Teachers says

    January 2, 2015 at 4:25 pm

    Your family Christmas PJ pic is adorable! Such a cute idea! I don't know if I could get my husband to do it though. HA! Happy New Year! -Jaime

    Reply
  6. Panicked Teacher says

    January 2, 2015 at 5:19 pm

    Your family pictures are just adorable! Love those ice cream cone trees…thanks for sharing!!

    Reply
  7. Palma Lindsay says

    January 2, 2015 at 6:36 pm

    Love your little angel! So precious!
    Palma (kfundamentals)

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  8. Katie Knight says

    January 2, 2015 at 9:30 pm

    Could you be any cuter!????!!!! I mean seriously! Love every single word!

    Reply
  9. Lisa Haug says

    January 3, 2015 at 1:10 am

    Love your matching pjs!! We did Christmas tie dyed t-shirts for the first time!!

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  10. Lauren S. says

    January 3, 2015 at 3:37 am

    We love Fashion Island! Your family Christmas photo is way too cute!
    Happy New Year!
    Lauren
    A Teachable Teacher

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  11. ~Stephanie says

    January 3, 2015 at 4:55 am

    Your kids are so darned cute! And the jammies…so fun! Thank you for sharing your pics and the freebie.

    Stephanie
    Teaching in Room 6

    Reply
  12. Ali says

    January 3, 2015 at 8:30 am

    My goodness, your little girl makes for a super cute angel!
    I'm a big fan of that Anthropoligie store too. They have the neatest stuff in that store.
    Thanks for that snowflake number patterns…my fourthies will benefit from those! : )

    Ali
    Teaching Powered by Caffeine

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  13. Butterflies and Daydreams says

    January 3, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    Your kids are soo cute! Thanks for the freebie! What a festive couple of weeks- I just need two more!:)

    Reply
  14. Julie Herrmann says

    January 6, 2015 at 5:39 am

    I love your new Christmas Eve Jammies Tradition. Too cute! I also teach an upper grade and your freebie will be just perfect for my students as it go with our January theme and study of snowflakes. Thank your for the math patterns. TeacherMsH~ThirdIstheWord

    Reply

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