We sure crammed A LOT of fun into December. Between Christmas-related activities and birthday parties, we also squeezed in visits to the zoo, children's museum, and Krohn Conservatory (see separate post).
| wearing soccer jersey from Daniel |
| creating a masterpiece at art class |
| everyone concentrating on making the gingerbread house |
| Zoo lights |
| feeding goats with Carl |
| looking at the animals at the live nativity at St.Charles |
| bookworm |
| Where's Natalie? |
| friends at Shafor Park on an unseasonably warm day |
| beautiful tree of lights at Carillon Bell Tower |
| Olivia's first Daisy meeting |
| mesmerized by the train display downtown |
| checking out the Rike's Windows |
| helping decorate cookies for the Elf Shoppe |
| sisterly love |
| Rike's Windows again |
| sitting on Santa's lap at Shafor Park Winter Festival |
| waiting to visit Santa at Town & Country |
| nice pic |
| Linden's Birthday Party - Natalie's first time ice skating |
| Ian's Birthday Party at Aullwood Farm |
| everyone got to pick and take home an egg from the hen house |
| everyone also got to dip their own candles |
| can you tell Natalie enjoyed her chocolate cupcake? |
| Olivia decorating her "gingerbread" house at her school holiday party |