We had a really nice weekend together. It snowed all day Saturday and it was beautiful out. Even better, it was in the high 20s so it was warm enough so that we could go out and play in the snow.
I went to the grocery store Saturday morning early, before the last-Saturday-before-Christmas crowds came out. When I got back, Jamie and Asher went to the store to buy a rope (for the sled) and the few groceries I forgot to get. The boys came home, we at mac and cheese for lunch and we went out to play in the snow. There's a little hill on the side of the house (not as big as the one in Missouri, mind you, but at least there is SNOW on this one) that we slid down a few times. Then daddy came around the corner with the four-wheeler towing the new sled and after a few tweaks involving rope length here and there we were all off. We didn't go all that fast, but the kids loved it. We decided that a) Asher needs a balaklava and b) we need a tube-like sled (the straight one kept getting stuck in the tire ruts and tilting the sled), so it was a learning experience as well.
After shoveling off the walk we came in, sat by the fire and played games and picked up the house. We rounded out the night by eating cream of broccoli soup and warm bread and watched the Chronicles of Narnia (again).
The next day Avery and I went to see the new Chronicles of Narnia movie and had a really nice time together. I surprised her, which was fun. I asked her if she wanted to go eat lunch and after throwing out a bunch of restaurants, I told her I was in the mood for popcorn and asked her where we thought we could get some. I thought that would give it away, but it didn't. We pulled up to the theater and went inside and she still didn't get that we were there to see a movie (one that she's been begging to see, incidentally). When she figured out we were in a theater, I bought some popcorn and asked her if she wanted to sit down somewhere to eat it. She pointed at a table in the arcade and said maybe we could sit there. Poor thing, she's usually pretty quick to pick up on things, but I didn't get her to realize we were there to watch a movie til we actually walked in and found our seats! Needless to say she was thrilled and was really good sitting through the two hour flick (during which we had to wear 3D glasses- I HATE 3D movies!!).
After getting home and swimming we had a nice steak dinner, cooked on our indoor grill I didn't know we had til the owner of the home popped in on us last week and asked if we liked using it. Well, I do now! Yummo! Unfortunately Asher had fallen asleep and didn't wake up for dinner and subsequently had a meltdown of major proportions when we asked him to change into his jammies. Aside from that, we had a really nice weekend.
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