snow day

Today is thanksgiving and we have much much much to be thankful for - a warm house, a great family, and lots of food.  it was just the four of us today - small and mostly quiet.  too bad the kids don't share my love of this thanksgiving menu.  after a nice nap for everyone, we went outside to play in the fast melting snow.  had to try out our new snow boots and pants.  definitely kept the kids warm.

first skate

today we went ice skating at the Chiller.  it was the first attempt for R and K.  we went with some school friends and it was a fun and slippery afternoon.  thankfully, one of our friends brought snacks for everyone to share.

zoolights 2013

We had the opportunity to attend "preview" week at the columbus zoo for the wildlights.  it was a cold and dark night, but it was fun to meet up with our friends and see all of the pretty lights.  the light show was great and K danced to the music.  in order to get warm, we went into the aquarium - R was surprised and excited to see that Santa was there, feeding the fish.  it was pretty cool and it was something we would not have been able to do in a large crowd.