We've been continuing on with our Christmas countdown. The kids are excited - especially Ryan. If you ask what he wants it is new tires - every time!! Evidently he knows how much his truck needs them! Emma is understanding what is coming, but doesn't seem so excited by it. And Nick has no idea.
We've had the first two of our snow days for the school year this week. Monday Ryan was really upset to not have library class. He has continued to talk about how there will be more Mondays after Christmas. We had another one yesterday. At least I was prepared this time. I scheduled it right to get Nick down for a nap and then take the other two outside. The loved it and didn't want to come in, even though we had to since Ryan was losing boots and Emma kept taking her gloves off (evidently you can't touch the snow good enough with them on). We tried sledding but we weren't able to. And the snow wasn't good enough for a snow man or snowballs. They both did finally learn how to make snow angels.
We visited the zoo for the Festival of Lights last weekend. It was Kris's yearly trip to the zoo. We don't even have a 'family' pass, just a single parent one because he only goes once a year. He loves to see the lights dance to the music and makes us sit there through all the songs. This year, my mom joined us since she stayed in town for the weekend. She had never been to our zoo either and was excited to see the elephants and giraffes. The kids were happy to see the polar bears. Well, except for Nick who just wanted to go home and go to bed (he eventually fell asleep in the stroller). It was a beautiful night and we all had a great time.
We've also been doing a lot of holiday baking. Sunday, the kids and I baked cookies - had to keep them busy since it was cold outside and everyone else was sick. We've made some banana bread since then also. But then we ran out of eggs, so we won't be baking until we make it to the store!
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