Christmas Festivities Part 2

On the 23rd we drove down to San Antonio to check out the zoo. Nothing Christmasy about that per say, but it was nice to spend the day together as a family with no other distractions.

Netta seemed to get sick on and off again throughout Christmas week and the week after so she was acting a little funny when we got there.

EZ however was gung ho from the minute we got there. For some reason he really really like carrying around the map and kept asking me where we were and where different animals were. He even played with the map for a while after we got home, but finally King got his hands on it and started to eat it so I had to throw it away.

Both kids were excited to get to go to the petting zoo. It is really misleading, because they call it a petting farm, which would lead you to believe there are multiple kinds of animals, but nope there are just pygmy goats. Of course the kids didn't care and it was very difficult to get them to leave.

Netta's on and off again illness flared up on Christmas Eve, so we had a quite night at home. I was really bummed to not be at my parent's annual open house so I opted to make a bunch of the traditional hors d'oeurves and what not that we always have. Maybe not the most complete dinner, but it made me happy. We also used our new Little People nativity set to act the first Christmas. That is the best toy ever. Christmas day of course kicked off with the opening of presents. I was so excited to watch the kids and so how much fun they had. For a couple days after it looked like a toy store had exploded in our living room. John won the price for best present by surprising me with a maid service to come clean our house! They came last week and I am still smiling I am so happy.

That night our friends Kim and John had us over for dinner. They were flying solo for the first time as well this year so it was great to be together. All and all despite being a little different our first Brown Family Christmas was a success and we are grateful that we had this time to spend with friends and family and to remember the birth of Christ.