We also went up to Cody to spend part of the weekend with friends of ours. The Buffalo Bill Museum was free on Saturday and they had Santa there for kids to visit with and an area to get cookies and drinks. It was a nice couple of hours spent. Kylie barely talked to Santa and Sidney refused to look at him. Go figure. :) Kylie got to write a postcard to Santa and put it in a special mailbox.
I wrote a postcard for Sidney since she wanted nothing
to do with anything.....except putting the letter in the mailbox.
After the museum we hung out at our friends house and then that evening we went downtown for their Holiday of Lights parade. Lots of horses with jingle bells on them. It was awesome. Then we spent the night hanging out and we stayed at their place for the night. Our friends have a 2.5 year old and a 2 month old, so there was lots of yelling and squealing and fun going on. We had breakfast with them, hung out for a little while and then got on the road to come back home. It was a nice weekend away from Worland. :)
Sidney was terrified to leave the sidewalk for a little bit.
Even though we had spent the last 40 minutes wandering around the streets
since the whole downtown is barricaded off for the night.
Blurry, but these horses were actually pulling little sleds with real kids in them.
Got a little braver as the parade progressed.
Sidney and baby Cooper
Kylie & baby Cooper
Sidney & Connor - - - I think we are
going to have to watch her when she gets older!
:)
Last night was the Christmas party at Mike's office. They always have a Santa come so we thought it would be fun for the girls again. One of the fun things about Santa's visit is that he gives each of the kids a present. What the kids don't know (well, the young enough ones anyways) is that the parents actually wrap up and bring in a gift ahead of time. So the gift that Santa gives the kids is actually something that the kid wanted for Christmas. :)
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Kylie was pretty excited when she opened hers. The things a 5 year old asks for.....sigh. :)
-I don't have pics of Sidney by Santa because she made me go up with her. She wouldn't sit on his lap, but she did touch him and maybe said one thing to him. :) Hope to get some pics of her visit from a lady at the office. :)
A princess calendar. :)
And Sidney got a Sofia the First look & find book.
It was a nice night and was good for us to get out of the house.
I have been dealing with some sort of upper respiratory thing for a week and I felt a little awkward there talking to people because I had lost my voice. And I sounded very funny. But on the plus side, I was on some antibiotics, so I was good to go! :)
Today I got my voice mostly back, but have developed a cough. Sure hope everything clears up soon. I'm done being sick. Done.
Kylie had her class party today and I was signed up to help. I got to make the treats, so I made some candy trees on pretzels, and handed out some glow sticks. Both were a big hit!
The kids got to play musical chairs, and once they were out they got to pick their book from their gift book exchange and then get their yummy snacks.
It was a very low key party, but they still had fun! Only bummer was that their teacher couldn't be there. She had a baby yesterday morning! A little boy around 4 AM Kylie told me. :) But at least it was a good excuse to miss the last 2 days of class. :)
Kylie is off for 2 weeks now and starts again on the 5th.
What am I going to do with 2 of them again!? :)
Hope you guys are all doing well and that you are ready for Christmas. I am excited to have nothing to do between now and when she has to be back to school. And we are all excited for Mike's parents to get here in a week and half!
We will miss all of you since we won't see you for the holidays though!
Spread some hugs and kisses around from all of us!
