Last Friday, before the church Christmas party, I took the kids to the zoo. As this is a fairly regular event, you may be wondering why I would include another post with pictures from the zoo. Well as you can see the kids are excited to go. They both have there hats on, and are ready to see the animals. We went from exhibit to exhibit, enjoying the empty pathways. While viewing the anteater, Kate was standing up and holding the rails to keep her balance. The next thing we know, her little white hat is down in the exhibit. Max was thrilled! He kept telling me, "A worker gets a ladder and find the hat!" We went to the front office and notified them of the incident, but we have not yet been back to retrieve her hat. All of the previous times of going to the zoo have been overshadowed by the excitement of Kate's dropped hat. Max is very curious to see her hat the next time we go to the zoo.
Here we are at the Christmas party. Max has been eagerly anticipating meeting Santa. He has been dying to tell him that all he wants for Christmas is trains. And train tracks. He can hardly contain his excitement as we wait in line. He kept on squeezing Rob's hand while he waited his turn.
He finally made it onto his lap. He gave Santa lots of hugs and loves. Told him about the trains and tracks and repeatedly thanked Santa for letting him sit on his lap.
Kate was not nearly as excited to see Santa. We weren't very surprised by her reaction.
Yesterday as I made breakfast, Max kept requesting my help in getting some stickers out of his coloring book. I declined helping him, so he took the initiative to figure a way to get them out. He peeled all the sticker edges off first (they are not pictured), then he proceeded to place all is stickers in a "train" on the floor. He was so proud.
I have wanted to go to Garvan Gardens in Hot Springs to see the Christmas lights all month. We finally had the opportunity to go last night. It was so much fun! The kids had a great time seeing the thousands of lights.
It was cold, so we bundled the kids up. Kate uses Max's old coat and hat, so everyone thought she was a boy. Oh well!
Watching the water go under the bridge.
There is a swan on the lake behind them.
A big bonus (in Max's eyes) was the train. He was able to turn the wheel....
... and pull its bell! Awesome!!
A rare photograph of all of us. I probably should have cropped the picture so we are bigger, but the gingerbread man on the right side of the photo was a highlight for Kate. She thought they were all trying to give her "high five!"
They were fascinated with the peacock.
3 more days until Christmas! Hooray!
