Ah, the adventures of the DeWildes continue as we traversed in the "front-wheel drive sleigh" through the ice skating rink otherwise known as I-90.
Before we left, we did have a rather large celebration of our own. Our birthday party for Jesus started out with a smile on mom and dad's faces as we looked through Madison and Breanne's Christmas projects from school. Madison had brought home a Santa with a cotton ball beard. On it said, "What I understand most about Christmas is...(she filled in the blank) Christmas is Jesus' birthday. What I do not understand about Christmas is...why there is presents! The true meaning of Christmas is...Jesus' birthday!" What a joy to know your kids totally "get" it! Later that afternoon she said, but I know why there's presents, because Jesus was God's present to us. We sang "Happy Birthday to Jesus," blew out candles, decorated with balloons, read the Christmas story and then, to top it off, we finally opened presents!!
The 3 cars from Ms. Marlene and Mr. Gordon were a hit! Wowie, wow, wow! Look at those shiny rides.
I had the joy of making hats and scarves for Madison and Aliya and a big pillow for Breanne. (She calls it the reading pillow.)
Earlier in the week, Madison invited Aliya and mom to come to school, helping to decorate her "winter scene." Ms. Barkac also included Aliya who made her own little scene. Not sure the picture was taken BEFORE she ate some of it. Oh, well.
Once, safely in Minnesota, let the good times roll! The girls' favorite parts were playing games with grandma Barb, Madison getting to sleep in grandma Linda's bed with her, Breanne and Aliya getting to sleep in front of the fireplace, Aliya playing perfection with papa Verlyn and playing "get me" with papa Leon and uncle Bryce.
We also got to go bowling with all the cousins...a highlight for Derrick and Becky loved watching everyone have fun...Aliya enjoyed the popcorn and Breanne the Sunkist.
I love this picture of the girls all at the breakfast bar at grandma Barb's.
We also got to visit the Sechler cousins at their house for the first time in probably 4 years! It was fun to spend one-on-one time with them all and allow the girl cousins more time to play school and Barbies.
Playing in the snow was fun. Rebekah and I were especially into making a snow house complete with bedrooms, entry rooms, kitchen, garage, and driveways. My oldest nephews beat me at Cribbage and Caleb read me a book and retaught me how to play Mousetrap. Although, the funniest moment was when the big kids decided to climb on the roof and jump off into the snowbank...mom, is that okay?
While Aliya rests, Madi smiles sweetly on the pig, Breanne says, eww, it stinks in here.
We visited the Children's Museum in Brookings, SD until the ice storm put a kibosh on that. The girls loved it and would have spent the whole day there! They played store, restaurant, farming and got a teaser of the art center.
After a week and a half of life in a suitcase, we were relieved to be home and in our own domain again! The girls started playing with old and new toys alike. Some toys are just a winner..like the shopping cart that doubles as a "stroller"? We came downstairs to Madison pushing Aliya around in it...a great toy..even 3 years later.
Before heading to bed we played a rousing game of SkipBo (the newest game in the girls' repertoire) when Breanne's bottom tooth fell out (tiny little thing..we were afraid she's swallow it.) Hopefully the tooth fairy remembers to come tonight (she apparently couldn't find the tooth under her pillow last. Oops!
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Yes, we have enough snow to climb on the roof. Too much snow!!
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