December Snow Day Number....we lost count!

 With all the snow in the valley we knew there would be tons in the Cascades so we packed up with the Wagners and went on a big adventure in waist deep powder.  It took a lot of work to pack a trail to the sledding hill and then pack a sledding run.  Thankfully the men and Allison did a lot of the trail packing work....Allison showed us she's pretty adept at snowshoeing!

 We have Heidi's snow gear down to a bit of a science - which made for a fairly successful adventure.  She did need a mitten change once.  And at one point she took off down the trail by herself in pursuit of a 'gingerbread man cookie!'

 Heidi bringing us our lunch...with her second pair of mittens - mine.  She thought it was fabulous!

December Snow Day Take III

Allison & I took a 'lunch break' at the Wagner's house since School was cancelled again.  Glad Jodi could give us all lessons on snowboarding! :)

December Snow Day Take II

Santa!!

Heidi has been very curious about Santa Claus this year so we took advantage of a very short line at the carousel to say 'hi' to Santa.  The girls enjoyed their little chat.  Heidi said she told him she wanted her own 'Kit Doll' and a penguin suitcase (?!?!) and Allison told him she wanted a puppy (!?!?!!?!?!).  I'm glad they were both brave enough to go see him....but not so thrilled with the jingle bells he sent them home with :).

Tea with Mrs. Claus

 The girls and I headed to Salem for our annual Tea with Mrs. Claus.  Allison's friend, Emily came along as did both their Nana's.  All the girls enjoyed the tea (or apple juice in Heidi's case), taking pictures and decorating cookies.  And riding the carousel, of course!

December Snow Day

 We had a light dusting of snow on Thursday....so school was cancelled (along with some ice!).  Allison had fun playing in it....along with all the other kids in the neighborhood!