We've been wanting to see the "ICE" exhibit every year, but we never have seemed to make it there. We had planned on going before Christmas, but everyone in our family had colds, so we opted to wait until after Christmas when we also thought the crowds might be lighter. The girls and I met Brian during lunch on a Tuesday when we thought the place would be empty. We were wrong. There were a lot of people there, and this meant about a 30 minute wait to go down THE slide. It was fun and amazing, but we could have done without the crowds. I had also heard to put on several layers of clothing as it would be 9 degrees inside. I was thankful to have on our 4 layers of clothes, but it sure was time consuming when we 3 girls had to use the restroom. I think I'll always have to live south of the Red River; I'm not cut out for a cold climate.
Monday, January 4, 2010
"ICE"
We've been wanting to see the "ICE" exhibit every year, but we never have seemed to make it there. We had planned on going before Christmas, but everyone in our family had colds, so we opted to wait until after Christmas when we also thought the crowds might be lighter. The girls and I met Brian during lunch on a Tuesday when we thought the place would be empty. We were wrong. There were a lot of people there, and this meant about a 30 minute wait to go down THE slide. It was fun and amazing, but we could have done without the crowds. I had also heard to put on several layers of clothing as it would be 9 degrees inside. I was thankful to have on our 4 layers of clothes, but it sure was time consuming when we 3 girls had to use the restroom. I think I'll always have to live south of the Red River; I'm not cut out for a cold climate.
Christmas Morning
The girls were up around 6:40 Christmas morning, and they couldn't wait to see what Santa had brought and open presents. It is so fun as a parent to see the excitement of your children on Christmas morning. This Christmas was extra special as it was the first "White Christmas" Jennifer has seen (other than when we were in Chicago for Christmas). We opened the gifts, put some things in the oven, and we headed over to Jennifer's sister's house for Christmas lunch. 
We left there, and we came home to prepare for Brian's side of the family for Christmas dinner. It was an exhausting, but very fun and special day!
Christmas Eve
We were surprised by a Christmas Eve "blizzard." Brian had planned on working, but he had a bad cold and decided to take the day off. We went to a 2:30 church service that had way more people at it than we anticipated, bought a few last minute gifts, and then headed to an early dinner at Outback. It's a good thing we did, because by the time we left Outback, the roads were getting bad as well as the snow.
After we got home, everyone headed outside to play in the snow. Bailey was leaping around like a reindeer trying to catch snow flakes or trying to play fetch with snowballs, the girls made snow angels and Brian supervised.
The night ended with the girls picking one present to open. Then both picked one from Nana and they were rewarded with American Girl dolls (which was their guess). They were so excited!
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