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<\/a>Riding bikes on Dec 22nd.<\/p><\/div>\n
Today, SNOW! Not a ton, but enough for now. :) Enough to get out the boots and shovels, enough to build a (small) snowman, enough to look like a white Christmas. Hopefully enough to survive the high 30’s and mixed sunshine day! <\/p>\n
I let the kids open a few presents today. We had a pile from Greg and Kathy, and a pile from Jim and Julie. I was waiting for Christmas but decided they would have more fun with, an appreciate more, the presents if they weren’t all piled up on Christmas morning. I let them pick a few today and the rest tomorrow. Actually, I let them open a few presents IF they behaved well at the grocery store this morning. Can you believe, it was an excellent trip to the store?!? I had two perfect little helpers, sweet and nice in every way. Maybe I should bribe them with Christmas presents more often ;)<\/p>\n Presents, presents, presents!<\/p><\/div>\n Lex is VERY excited! He hasn't stopped working on this since he opened the present. He keeps saying "Awesome! This is so cool!" :)<\/p><\/div>\n Eve loves her portable easel. She went right to work drawing me pictures and we discussed all the different places she could use it.<\/p><\/div>\n "This is the most awesome Lego piece I've ever seen!" he declared.<\/p><\/div>\n Eve doesn't smile for the camera much these days, but I sneak pictures of her. She packed up her easel to try taking it with her. <\/p><\/div>\n Merry Christmas everyone!! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We finally got snow! I guess mother nature was waiting for the “official” start of winter on December 22nd. Yesterday was beautiful. Warm, sunny, birds chirping, kids on bikes… Today, SNOW! Not a ton, but enough for now. :) Enough … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>