Gingerbread Houses

Snowflake left a note on the bathroom mirror for the kids this morning.

We decorated gingerbread houses today too! 

 

  

the finished products

Christmas Lights at Dollywood

We're still making good use of our season passes to Dollywood that we received for Christmas last year.  We went to Dollywood tonight to see all of the lights.  It was cold, but we were bundled up! Reagan kept commenting just how beautiful the lights were and she thanked us over and over for bringing her.  Cooper was so excited, he was a wild-man!

Merry Christmas!

 mom & Cooper - Reagan was not in a picture taking mood

 I love to see trees with lights on every branch

 we watched a mini parade - I actually thought it would be more elaborate, but the kids enjoyed it!

 Santa on his sleigh 

 riding the carousel

 the train station

 strong dad!

 

I forgot to take a picture of Snowflake this morning, but he was just asleep on the couch covered up with a washcloth that he was using for a small blanket - I guess all the going back and forth to the North Pole every night is catching up with him!

Date Night

The local Chili's restaurant held a daddy/daughter date night tonight.  So, not to be outdone, Cooper and I went on a date night of our own!

He choose pizza!  We had a great time!

Greg and Reagan had fun too, but unfortunately Greg didn't document the occasion!

Litter Pick Up

This afternoon, Reagan's Girl Scout troop headed to a local park to pick up trash.  The girls have been learning all about water ~ how to conserve it, keeping it clean, etc.  They picked up several bags of trash and learned the lesson that they should always use a trash can!

getting prepared to pick up trash

 instructions from Ms Kelly

 Prettiest litter-picker-upper I've ever seen!

 The Troop

Dinosaur Attack

Looks like Snowflake was in a bit of a bind last night!