The Wizards of Winter are coming to town.. you won't want to miss this!

Looking for something fun to do with the kids one night this week? How about taking them to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra (TSO) concert on Wednesday, Dec. 9th at the Verizon Center. Tickets are still available for both show times; the early show begins a 4pm while the evening concert starts at 8pm.

Let me just tell you, this is no ordinary concert. It's a highly entertaining holiday concert that can be enjoyed by all ages. Extraordinarily talented musicians perform an array of Christmas and Holiday songs with an eye-catching light show in sync with the music. Not sure who they are? You might know a song or two such as "Wizards in Winter" or "Christmas in Sarajevo". The video's on YouTube do not really do the show justice, but I pasted the best video I could find below so you can get an idea of what the whole show will be like!



To purchase tickets click here. For more information about TSO, go to http://www.trans-siberian.com

Over the river and through the woods.. to DC!

Okay well you might not really be traveling through "woods" into DC unless you come down the George Washington Parkway, but I'm trying to stick with the theme with keeping each blog subject title in line with the holidays.

So what's to do in DC for the holidays? Probably one of the most popular and well-known events is the lighting of the National Christmas Tree. The ceremony was held today starting at 5pm where the Obama family all joined hands in lighting the tree. (see picture below). To stay up to date on next year's Christmas Tree lighting, go to http://www.thenationaltree.org.


Okay so even if you missed the lighting of the National Tree this evening, there are still MANY other great holiday events going on in DC and the surrounding area. One in particular that I did last weekend with my family was the ICE! show at the Gaylord National Resort located in National Harbor, Maryland. The breath-taking display features 10 different holiday-themed, ice sculptures over 15,000 square feet! The artists began carving the ice blocks back in October and used over 2 million pounds of ice to create the beautiful exhibit! So as you can imagine, it's COLD inside that part of the hotel - the hotel personal actually hand out blue parkas because it's kept at a chilling 9 degrees Fahrenheit!

The Fam

2-story Castle Slide

To purchase tickets and for more information on ICE! click here.