Rockin the Santa Slippers on Day 20

CCC is coming to a close and we've found a great item to celebrate the holidays in today... SANTA SLIPPERS!  Sam went crazy when we got back to the hotel to try them on.  He was running around like crazy partying in his new kicks!

Here are some of our  adventures of today...

I asked Sam to pose in the Luxor with this Sphinx and he laid down on the bench... so hilarious and he did it all by himself!  People thought he was super funny!!!

After a nap in the stroller, we took Sam to the shark aquarium at Mandalay Bay.  It was AMAZING.  I can't believe these things are in hotels!  This is just before a scuba diver cleaning the tank showed up...

This is after the traumatic scuba cleaner arrived.  Sam was TERRIFIED!  He is sitting here to collect himself and is saying "Bam (which is what he calls himself) scared, Bam scared"

Full recovery and sighting fishies with daddy. 

My boys coming out of the shark tunnel.  Really cool, though I couldn't help but think to myself what on earth would we do if the tunnel broke and all those crazy sharks crashed down!!!!

The ray petting area... luckily Sam was too small to actually reach the water, but he loved looking at them.

Shaun's copy cat!

Jellyfish.

My own little shark high tailing it to the pool!

Interesting fact... it has been raining here in the desert for 3 days.  That's right, 3 days of rain and it's supposed to end on Wednesday when the Connolley's head back to AB.  People here are in shock over the amount of rain (it's really not that much) so it seems to be a very rare occurrence.  I guess we are just... lucky?

Vegas version of CCC continued...

On day 19 here in Vegas, we decided that our task would be to find some snow.  And BOY did we!  Not the snow that we are used to (though it did rain a lot today), but these were SNOW white tigers!  We went to the Mirage and saw the tigers, lions and dolphins.  They are breath-taking animals.  The lion tamer (I doubt that's his actual title) told the group there are no white tigers in the wild and some of these have only ever known the Mirage.  Sort of sad... though I'm happy there is a place where they can live.  Absolutely beautiful and Sam LOVED them!

Funny shot of Sam 'passed out' in the car... hat all crooked, best buddy by his side and drink still in his hand.  Very Vegas! 

"Hi Tiger!"  Here are the two tiger cubs.  They were after wrestling and fighting over a pumpkin.

That's a orange blur of a tiger behind Sam.

Who knew Sam would love Alpacas so so much!?!?

Not only snow white tigers, but snow white lions too!  I've never seen anything like them!  They were two of a pair and never moved away from each other.  AMAZING!

Cool dolphin pool.  It was great because it was low enough that Sam could just stand and look out at the dolphins.

"Sam, where did the dolphins go?" This is Sam answering "I don't know."

Each time they surfaced, Sam would yell "There it is!!"

Underwater viewing area.

HERE ARE A FEW FAVOURITE PHOTOS OF TODAY...

Giant waffle for a hungry little boy.  It made him soooo happy!

Not supposed to be a picture of Sam and a garbage can, but still pretty cute.

Our cool hotel pool that has an indoor and outdoor area.  It was a little rainy and windy to be outdoors, but toasty warm inside!

CCC day 18 - Viva Las Vegas!

This morning we woke up at the crack of dawn (actually it was before dawn!!!) to head to the airport to catch a flight to Vegas.  None of us had been here so we were all very excited.  Sam was such a good boy on the plane making friends with people beside and behind us (I'm pretty sure the little girl in front of us was NOT his biggest fan as we spent tons of time trying to get him to stop kicking her seat!)
Our activity for today was the see the fountain and music show at the Bellagio.  We caught it as we were heading back to our hotel for bed time.  My pictures don't do it justice.  It's beautiful and huge and a must see if you head to SinCity.  

Sam getting ready for the fountain show.   So excited!  (This is only moments after a nice man rescued Monkey from the grimy street.  Thank goodness for that man... Monkey is a very important part of our family. 

So so so beautiful.  I loved this show.  I think we might try to see it at the end of each of our days here. 

Here are a couple other favourite pictures from today at Caesar's Palace...

CCC day 17 - Change of Plans

The weather and my organization stopped us from celebrating day 17 with Sam's triplet friends and their wonderful parents.  Instead, Sam and I started to pack for our vacation.  Way less fun but really important.  Sam is a focused little packer... man on a mission!

Hmmm... what next?

Sam packed up my hoodie because he knows that I always forget the necessities!

Diaper wipes, don't leave home without them!

Lotion, CHECK!

Extra pair of socks is always a good idea.

Packing the stuff down so hopefully we can fit more!

We finished packing with Mom singing "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (world's worst rendition) and Sam dancing in the suitcase... look out Vegas!  Here we come!

CMac Minis Boogie CCC day 16

As an annual tradition, my preggo and mat leave friends from school have done a dance at the Winter Assembly at school.  We did Santa Baby when we were all waddling pregnant ladies, last year we did a Santa Baby but with our babies in Baby Bjornes and this year we did I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus. Though the level of choreography has decreased, I'm sure the dance gets cuter and cuter as our little ones grow (OF course dancing toddlers is WAY WAY WAY cuter than a bunch of big bellied mommas!)


Thanks to Kaysi for organizing us!  Also, thanks to the other good spirited mom friends that carried on this tradition with us.

Sam getting ready for the big show. 

The entrance... Santa (a pregnant friend at school) gave Sam a gift (from me) and it was ELMO!!!  He was pointing and waving saying "Hi Santa!!!"  Too cute.

5 CMac Mommies and their minis... I think this one is funny because we are all doing something different (especially Rhonda!!!)  Love these guys! 

This is Sam dancing his pants off (literally!)  He was a star up there.  He danced, he waved, he said 'hi kids' and he blew them kisses.  Such a little performer!  I think Elmo made him brave.

Smiling at the kids. 

A little sad that his big show is over... BYE kids! 

The exit, Sam still waving.

The boys on the bench.

Smith, Jack, SANTA, Sammy and Mac... Sam can't even believe that he's sitting with all his guy pals and the prettiest Santa he's ever seen.  So weird, but none of the kids were afraid of her!

All the baby boogy - ers with Santa.

He was soooo happy.  This photo makes all the craziness of packing up both boys, trying to get them fed and napped, hustle and hurry of the assembly and nerves of getting up in front of the school worth it.  Just perfect.

Merry Christmas CMac mini friends... we love you!