There were so many fun things we did prior to Christmas. Our foster agency gave us tickets to see the Christmas show at Beef and Boards.
It was so fun to be able to take the kids! Although Evangeline wasn't feeling well and had asked to go home several times :-/ but we stuck it out. Of course there was one scene they did not like so that is the only part they talk about - the Grinch :)
Kids were out goofing around while daddy hung up the lights. Crazy how mild the weather has been. Look at what they are wearing! (The hats were really just for kicks.)
We enjoyed Ari's first Christmas program at school. He was not looking forward to it at all. I asked him why and he said "It's embarrassing! Everyone is looking at you!" I don't disagree with that at all! But after their run-through at school he was relieved and said it wasn't as bad as he thought. :)
He had made a gingerbread house with daddy at school and the kids enjoyed picking at it for a few days. And I enjoyed finally throwing it away! Just something about all the sugary items sitting out for a week just seems gross to me.
These little ones are hilarious. It looks like they are playing a board game. I love that the cousins are close in age.
Then we had a Christmas party with our foster agency. After feeding us lunch and giving the kids presents they took us ice skating!
The kids had never been before and I'm pretty sure it had been 12 years since I had done this and surprisingly I didn't fall! The kids LOVED it and did great going around on these walkers. It made their first experience much more enjoyable.
Always fun to have friends around!
And no surprise here...Ari was a sweaty mess after a while and ended up taking off his coat. His hair is soaked! This is why the kid insists on wearing shorts where ever we go. :)
The next day was our annual Cousin Cookie Day. We were so thankful to have everyone healthy enough to get together.
Ten second cousins! Three more than last year.
And the weather was just too nice to pass up an opportunity to go to the zoo. We had already been for the lights but most of the animals are put away at night so we decided to go in the afternoon. I'm so glad we did!
Selah took a great selfie!
The orangutans were so active. This one in particular were entertaining the kids by picking his nose. Gross!
This was the very first time the kids had played on the playground at the zoo. Ever.
Christmas Eve was spent at church then we had dinner and cards with friends. We stayed up crazy late but enjoyed our special time with friends.
Christmas morning was fun. We were running behind schedule so it was a little crazy but we still had our special time with the kids before everyone else came over.
The weather was unreal. The kids were out playing without jackets!
Ari started feeling bad on Christmas which was the start of a long, hard week to come. All the kids passed around some virus (fever and cough) and at the end of all that Lincoln ended up with an ear infection. So Ari's second week of break was really uneventful. So thankful these were minor issues though. Our New Year's was spent getting Lincoln antibiotics at an urgent care and trying to catch up on some much needed sleep. Ari was ready to get back to school so he could see his friends. After a long week of being couped up I didn't blame him!
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