Baby It's Cold Outside!

This has been the longest winter break ever! With a snow day in December (due to icy road conditions) and two snow days in January (due to record breaking cold temps), winter break was two and a half weeks long. It has been very cold and very snowy so we had to get creative to avoid cabin fever. 

Talking on the phone - he holds it up to his ear and will say "ello?" and nods his head as though he is listening!

We had a play date at Monkey Joes with Aunt Missy and cousins Mckayla and Mia. Parker wasn't too sure at first. But we had a lunch break and then he took off on his own to climb back in! He also enjoyed the bouncies for the bigger kids, walking around among them, trying to get the balls they were throwing. 

We have also spent time at the indoor play places at the mall. Parker runs around like crazy and has just started to feel brave enough to climb into (and over) the structures.

While Kasey was still here with us, we went snow tubing at Wilmot mountain. I know Kasey thought it sounded pretty boring - but she was having a blast when we got there. The runs go so fast I don't know how we stay on the tubes. Parker isn't old enough for the big tubes, but he enjoyed being pulled around in the little tube.

Finally, before dropping Kasey off at the train station in Milwaukee, we spent that morning at the art museum (per her request). I personally found the museum to be rather boring with only three artists that I recognized. Parker was certainly entertained as he wanted to check his echo in each of the galleries! We would walk around the corner and he would start shouting "hey!". There was also a children's room with tons of art supplies. He made a party shaker (it was New Year's Eve themed crafts) and that shaker is still something he plays with in his stroller.