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Holiday Break

During the holiday break we were doing our best to find new ways to entertain ourselves. One night was manicure night where everyone got their nails painted by Zoe. She did a wonderful job.



It was a shame that the paint didn't last because my nails have never looked better. I took Zoe to the Macy's downtown to see the light show. She thought the tree and lights were beautiful.



At one point we went to the new house where I started unpacking things. Just like a cat, Zoe wanted to climb into the empty boxes. We padded the box out with packaging material and she climbed right in, happy as a clam, relaxing in cardboard glory with her pony.



Annabelle and Baby John invited us over to make a fabulous, Frozen gingerbread house. With very little supervision the kids were able to decorate and build the house. They both really enjoyed the construction and eating of the materials.



Something went a little wrong and the decorations started to melt off of the building, but no one seemed to mind too much. All three of the kids shared a chair to watch a little television. It was super cute.



Annabelle and Zoe shared a tubby with some color pellets thrown in. Zoe really enjoyed washing all of Annabelle's hair. Overall it was a very fun visit. Can't wait to see them all again.

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