Catching Up - Snow!

It has been almost two months since I last posted. I am just catching up a bit. Over the Christmas holidays, we went to Canada. Boogs was a little disappointed by the lack of snow. We went sledding the second day we were there. Shortly after that, it started raining and melting all of the snow. At least we had our sledding day.

Boogs and Daddy had a good snowball fight.

We went sledding at Mooney's Bay Park. There was not a lot of snow on the hill, but there was plenty of ice. It made sliding down fast and trying to get back up the hill difficult.

 Boogs and I shared a sled down the little hill.

 Boogs went down the big side of the hill on his own.

 The snow was so pretty.

 We found a half-broken sled and raced each other down the hill.

 Daddy and Boogs had fun sliding down the steep side of the hill over and over again.

When we returned to the house, Grandpapa & Daddy helped Boogs build a snowman. They had to hurry because it started to rain.

 Boogs is putting the snowman's head on while Grandpapa looks for the perfect arm stick.

 The finishing touches.

 The snowman turned out great.

 The rain really took care of the snowman. Two days later it looked like this.

 By the end of the week, the snow man was just a blob of ice.

It was amazing that the grass was so green in December.

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Catching Up - Cutesy

Okay, I have not posted in FOREVER! So, I am going to catch up a bit. Here are pics of Cutesy the Elf's final visits to us in 2014.

Snowman Breakfast

 Gift wrapped Christmas tree

Cutesy & Elfy were waiting at the top of the stairs.

Boogs rode down the stair slide with them.

 Winter matching game

 Etch A Sketch message

 Cutesy brought a new Calvin & Hobbes book with a set of Calvin & Hobbes light switch covers for Boogs' playroom.

 Cutesy showed up at Grandmaman's house in Canada.

 Cutesy's last note came with a puppy dog head lamp.

We were said to see Cutesy go. Boogs is sure he will be back next year.

More Cutesy

Cutesy was ready to watch a holiday favorite.

Cutesy brought Boogs a few puzzles to figure out.

Cutesy almost finished a cup pyramid.

 Boogs finished putting the rest of the cups on top when he woke up.

 Cutesy was hiding on the stairs with a yo-yo.

 Cutesy used Cling Wrap to block Boogs' door.

 Cutesy and Elfy decided to try out our stair slide.

 Boogs raced up the stairs and joined them for the trip down.

 Cutesy was working on an I Spy page.

 Cutesy brought the second book in the mystery series Boogs is reading.

We are still having fun finding out what Cutesy does while we sleep.

Trail Of Lights

This year is the 50th Anniversary of the Trail of Lights. I remember going with my parents when I was growing up. It was so much fun spinning around under the lights of the tree. Last night, Boogs went for the first time. D and the J-boys went with us. The pictures are not great. We had a really good time.

 There was a giant ferris wheel in the field beside the tree of lights. It was $6 per rider, we skipped it.

D and I showed the boys how to grab hands, lean back, look up, and pull each other around in a circle under the tree of lights. It makes you dizzy in about three seconds.

Boogs and J3 got so dizzy they fell down. It took them a while to get back up.

 The lights were beautiful.

 

 There were three different tunnels of light. It was really neat walking underneath them.

 

Our group selfie

  I could not decide if I liked the trees covered in all blue lights or

  the multi-colored lights the best.

There were different scenes spread throughout the trail. I liked Snoopy on his house.

Boogs liked the Jackalope.

 

The Where the Wild Things Are scene was pretty neat, too.

After we walked the trail, we had to go back to the tree and spin underneath it one more time. When we got home, Boogs said, "I liked seeing the lights and the tree but I wish we had gone on a Friday so I wouldn't have to wake up early for school."

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