Field Trip to the Zoo

Our daytrip to the Cincinnati Zoo. We were going to go to the Ft Wayne zoo, but it was supposed to rain, so Dad decided to head to Cincinnati instead. It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day!!!  Good call, Dad!!

 Relaxing on the train ride.

Fun Christmas Stuff

This time of year is wOnDeRFuL! Mom and Dad are always thinking of fun things to do to help celebrate the holiday. That means more crafting, yummy food to eat, and other fun things. This week, we finished an advent calendar (ok, we only have 13 days because Mom didn't agree with the "story" for the other days). We also got to see Mr. Dale in the live nativity scene at his church. It was great. He was dressed like a wise man. I was a little nervous because there were Roman soldiers walking around with spears. But we say Mary & Joseph, the angels, and best of all - a donkey, lambs, goats, and even a camel. I think E2 wanted to take the lamb home with us. She was a little upset that she was wearing mittens because she wanted to love and hug and squeeze and rub and kiss the lamb and name him George.  After the nativity, we drove to see the lights at Reynolds (which it turns out they love Jesus, too! How fantastic) and at a nearby house. The wonderful family that lives in this house sets their lights to music - it is FANTASTIC! I asked Mom if we could do that sometime to our house and she said no way - she didn't want all the people parked outside for the entire month of December. Good point, Mom (although I still think it would be cool).

Here are some pictures of the Advent calendar (E2 was busy coloring while we made the calendar) and the live nativity.

Love to all,
E1