The Only Redeeming Thing About Snow

Playing with your kids in it.

The Bean Plays In The Snow, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

The Mrs Fills Spray bottles with food coloring and water- keeps them amused for hours spraying the snow-

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Holiday Cheer – “The Nutcracker”

Click to learn more about our presentation of "The Nutcracker."Why schlep into Boston and spend a fortune when a gorgeous version of Tchaikovsky’s THE NUTCRACKER can be seen right here in Gloucester? From the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, Russia, where the ballet was first staged in 1892, comes this exciting hi-def presentation, and it’s like none you’ve ever seen before.

Come check it out at The Cape Ann Community Cinema at 21 Main Street in Gloucester, and enjoy the show from the comfort of a couch or armchair, and bring your lunch or dinner if you’d like. Also, we’ve got plenty of hot chocolate, coffee and tea, and the best popcorn around.

“The Nutcracker” will be showing on Wednesday the 23rd at 5:00pm & 7:30pm, Tuesday the 24th at 2:30pm and the final show on Saturday the 26th at 2:30pm.

All tickets have been discounted to $15.00.

The Bean Kneads The Dough

At American Flatbread Company they give the kids dough to play with while you wait for your pizza.  A good idea that I’d never heard of before.

The Bean Kneads The Dough, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

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Snoop Maddie Mad At The Middle Street Walk Pics From David Cox

I can’t wait til next year!

Snoop Maddie Mad at The Middle Street Walk
Snoop Maddie Mad Painting Buoys at Art Haven

Snoop Maddie Mad Sports The Hive Sticka

Funny Girl!

The Bean Takes A Pleasant Street Picture

While spending an awesome day at the Middle Street Walk events I had a great time chilling with my oldest -The Bean.  We stopped off to warm up and enjoy a nice hot cup of Pleasant St Tea and Coffee Co hot chocolate (really delicious)

So I gave her the camera and she snapped this pic from our corner chair.

The Bean at The Pleasant St Tea and Coffee Co

She has a good eye that little bean of mine.
I love the detailed architecture on this building.  Does anyone build new buildings like this any more?
Pleasant Street Window

Buoy Painting At Art Haven pics By Thom Falzorano

I can’t even believe how many events went down yesterday.  How much fun and community involvement and volunteerism went into making it such an incredible day for Gloucester folks to enjoy.

There is so much to cover between the start of the day at City Hall with the Docksiders, Gingerbread House Competition, and hanging out with the Disney Characters.

Then off to Art Haven for Buoy Painting and Ice Sculpting.

Then to watch the star and buoys get placed upon the lobster trap tree.

Quick lunch at Espresso ($7.95 Chicken Marsala rocked).

Hop over to the Cape Ann Museum for a children’s Christmas caroling concert with FOB Mikayla Ciolino.

Then back to City Hall for Christmas play.

To Pleasant St Tea and Coffee Co for killer hot chocolate and a fatastic artisan show.

A quick stroll down Main St to catch up with Janice Lufkin Shea and then back to the homestead.

If you don’t see your pic today  it’s only because there is so much content we will be releasing it over the next few days.  Everything is getting posted though- fear not.

The Bean

IMG_3028, originally uploaded by ThomFalzarano.

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Holiday Gift Ideas -Felicia’s Holiday Bows At The Cormorant Shop

When I was at the Cormorant Shop during men’s night a couple bought one of my sister Felicia’s festive holiday bows.  Sweet!

Felicia's Holiday Bows At The Cormorant Shop

Hoodoo Revelator Gets A Little Help From The Mrs

That’s My Baby

Hoodoo Revelator Gets A Little Help From The Mrs pics from Joanne Sliva
Hoodoo Revelator Gets A Little Help From The Mrs Pics From Joanne Silva
Hoodoo Revelator Gets A Little Help From The Mrs Pics From Joanne Silva

Snoop Mad and The Bean Bake Cookies at Tee Tee’s House

 

The Bean Is Dialed In.  Would you Just Look At That Intensity

Snoop Mad and The Bean Bake Cookies at Tee Tee's House
Snoop Mad and The Bean Bake Cookies at Tee Tee's House

The Family Gets Together To Bake Christmas Cookies

From 10AM-6:30PM with only a 1/2 hour break for pizza in teh middle of teh day.  I have absolutely no idea how many hundreds of pounds of cookies were produced.  Insane.

The Bean and Cousin Amandacakes
Snoop Maddie Mad and Mams
The Bean Bakes
Snoop Mad Bakes

Decorating Snoop Mad and The Bean’s Trees

The day after Thanksgiving was the day for decorating Snoop Mad and The Bean’s Christmas Trees.

Decorating Snoop Mad’s Tree, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Decorating The Bean's tree
Decorating The Bean's tree