The beginning of Ken’s Christmas Break

Ken took a week off work around Christmas…The first day we went sledding at the Golf Course.  It had started raining and the two feet of snow was quickly compacting and melting away, but there was still plenty to sled on.  The great thing about going sledding on the second day is that tracks and jumps are already made.  And can I just say that I LOVE our new tubes for sledding.  Now I can have fun with the kids without hurting my backside.  I think I went down with each of them over the jump and it was tons of fun!  By the time we left the rain had really picked up and we were SOAKED and happy.

After sledding we had a picnic in the living room for lunch.  Jessie made us quesadillas and apple slices and I scrambled up some eggs.The next morning for breakfast Jessie made us blueberry muffins complete with little festive toppers (thanks mom!).Mark helped Ken feed Neil some rice cereal which he is liking more and more.  He eats way better for Ken than he does for me, so when Ken’s home it’s his job to feed the boy.My plans for the day were simple.  I wanted to hang snowflakes from the ceiling in the hallway and on the windows and dip pretzels in flavored chocolate.  We were able to do both.  When I went to get the chocolate out for dipping Ken surprised me with the first Christmas gift an ipod with video capabilities because our little camera with video on it got a big dust speck right in the middle of the lens somehow.We had fun dipping and eating pretzels.  Except for the mint ones which I accidently got so much mint flavoring in that they were more like altoids than anything else.  Talk about spicy breath!  The cinnamon ones are still my favorite and Spencer picked out orange for our other flavor.Jessie and Mark were so excited after I got my ipod because then the other camera became the new “kids” camera.  Which meant that our super old camera that wouldn’t take pictures half time that was the kid camera became a science project for Jessie and Mark.  They were so excited to take it apart….but after working on it for a while they discovered we didn’t have any screwdrivers small enough to get out those tiny screws that hold the case together…so stinky!