Wacky Winter Weather

Another wonderful holiday week has wrapped up. We're stuffed with cookies and cocoa, surrounded by snow, and spending quality time with the family and Christmas flicks!

George continues to visit us every night...and surprise us with his daily settings!

Day 13: December 12

"Can you still hear Santa's sleigh bell?"

Appropriate question since we had just watched Polar Express!

Day 14: December 13

"Snowball fight!"

Day 15: December 14

"Can you color something beautiful for Santa?"

Here's G's lovely snowflake he drew for Santa with the tiny little colored pencils George brought!

Day 16: December 15

"Brrrrr, it's chilly in here!"

Day 17: December 16

G and I had fun playing a round of skeeball (the balls are in the back so they wouldn't roll all over)

Day 18: December 17

"Let's sing Christmas Carols!"

The tiny harmonica really works!

Day 19: December 18

"Dreaming of a white Christmas"

Gah, the little working lantern is putting George over the cuteness top this year!

Ava's 8th grade Holiday Band performed at the Mall of America on Monday morning. Grandpa Doug, Grandma Deb, Grandpa Whitey, and family friend Judy joined me and Scott to cheer them on. They sounded wonderful - there's such an improvement in music quality since we started attending her concerts in 5th grade. We can't wait to see the champion-level music program at the high school!

Even though G and Grandma Karen weren't able to make it, I took lots of video to share with them!

After the concert was done, Ava and her friends wandered the mall, and enjoyed an excused absence from school. Grandpa Doug and I went out for lunch at the mall...I really enjoyed chatting with him!

Remember that we got a TON of snow last weekend? Well...this Wednesday, we had all four seasons within 24 hours. It was incredibly foggy in the morning, temps were in the mid-50s during the day, which means a lot of the snow melted. A storm moved in from Colorado which created tornadoes...the first ever in Minnesota in December! And then we were under a high wind advisory overnight. It was such a weird weather day, and I'm glad we didn't have any damage from the winds. My heart goes out to the Minnesota towns that suffered tornado damage.

Very thick fog on my drive home from G's school on Wednesday morning

The third week of advent is coming to an end...one more week until Christmas!!

Isn't this a cute little decoration Scott brought home for us?

On Saturday afternoon/evening, we're celebrating Christmas with Grandma Deb and Grandpa Whitey. We're all looking forward to the wonderful food and company...and G is very, very excited to open Christmas gifts early.

There is a fresh blanket of snow on the ground, so it looks like maybe we'll have a white Christmas after all...just like George was dreaming about!

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