40 is the new 30...

...or so he says.  Happy Birthday, Nick!

Swimming and the Grizzlies

Family was in town from Missouri so we spent time swimming, having pizza, playing a fun game and going to see the Grizzlies game.

 

Christmas 2018

Claire's Holiday Event

Claire's class put on a little Gingerbread Musical and then we got to help her decorate a gingerbread house.  She was practicing her lines in the mirror, at bedtime, in the car and all over.  She did a great job!

 

Holiday Weekend

We went to LaCrosse to see the Rotary Lights.  It was our first time there.  Charlie's favorite parts were the s'mores and skating and Claire liked skating the best.

We made Grinch pancakes for breakfast.  They were yummy but Claire only ate a microscopic bite since it was something new.  Typical.  I guess it's back to dumping cereal in a bowl...

Charlie earned the "hard worker" at his hockey game today.  He scored five goals but Nick and I might have missed all of them.  Oops!

Santa Visit

When you start to get questions and comments like, "Which one is the real Santa?" and "Santa isn't real." then you make sure to see the big guy while Charlie is still willing to go.  He seemed happy and somewhat surprised that he made the nice list.  Claire was just happy to see him and tell him she wants a Scruf-a-Luv.  Santa said, "Now what is that?  A hippopotamus with a rash?"

Santa even invited me sit in the prized chair and snapped this pic...

Weekend

The outdoor rink by our house is filled so we had to try it out.  Charlie realized how spoiled he is skating at the indoor rinks.  It wasn't in the best shape but he still had fun.

 We went on a holiday lights cruise.  We found some cool holiday glasses to see the lights with.  They turned lights into gingerbread men, snowmen, Santas, etc.  Super cool!

 Charlie practiced at goalie for the first time this weekend.  He said it's boring so he will be glad to be back to the action positions again.  We'll be glad to be back to hauling just the normal crap around again.

Little Holiday Baking

The kids helped me bake for a bit before going out to play in the first big snowstorm of the season.

We made Grinch cookies and traditional Chex Mix.