Christmas Adam

Oh Christmas Adam! We had so much fun! We started the morning without Sport since he had an appointment with the eye doctor, and we picked up Curly's cute girlfriend, E. Then we were off to The Leonardo for our first stop using our Getout passes.

At 1:00, we left for Beauty and The Beast's house so they could enjoy a little visit from Santa.

The Beast awesomely bought pizza for everyone. So we had something to eat before we were off on our next adventure.

My sweetie drove us to a parking lot near the Delta Center and we climbed on the train, headed for the city center.

Oh, and Sport joined us for pizza and adventuring. My 5 youngest had never seen Macy's decorated windows, so we were on our way to City Creek. Unfortunately, some of us were under-dressed for an outdoor activity, so we went into Macy's looking for a couple of coats. The windows were much more enjoyable after that.

Then we let the kids scatter in groups of two. They had $10 each to spend in the next hour. My sweetie and I also wandered off.

We end up at Deseret Book where we bought them each a little Nativity. Then my sweetie and I headed for the food court. I figured the kids might be getting hungry, so I bought 4 large fries, but as I was leaving the food court, they were all gathered near the entrance. They had food bags with fries as well, so at least we were all on the same page...

We caught the train back to our next stop which was the Clark Planetarium. Thankfully, my membership is still valid for a few more weeks.

E had never been there, but we only had a few minutes to get popcorn and drinks before we headed to the Imax to watch their new movie about trains.

Then straight to the dome for a Taylor Swift laser light show. A quick stop in the gift shop and then a brisk walk back to the van. As the kids settled in for the ride home, we presented them with their nativities. After everything we've done, that is the true meaning of Christmas.

Happy Christmas Adam! ❤

Guest Blog: Jr Police Officer by Skittles

 If you ask Skittles what he wants to be when he grows up, 60% of the time he will tell you a police officer. 

Here's his story.

Today we had to drop off Burrito for camp at the hotspring.  I wanted to camp too but they said I was too little.  He needed dinner and some money so Mom stopped at Walmart to get some cash.  When she came out of Walmart, she was getting in the car and saw someone had dropped their credit card.  She picked it up and asked if we should take it inside to find the owner.  I knew what to do, we needed a police officer. 

After we dropped off Bro for camp we drove to the public safety building. She gave me the card to carry because Queso was asleep.  Mom carried Queso and Carnitas until Queso woke up.  We went to the window of the police station I told the lady and gave her the credit card.  She gave Mom a form to fill out a police report.  I signed my name by Mom's on the police report.  

The police station has a motorcycle in the building on the second floor in the windows! We played on a doughnut couch until a police officer came to take our report. He had a badge and a gun and a notebook. I gave the officer our paper.  He asked a few questions, where we found it and how to spell our names. Then, Queso and I both got Jr Police Officer badges to wear. 

We had to hurry because we were late to meet Aunt Scout.  We went with Mom and Scout to the chiropractor so he could stretch her back.  I was a good babysitter and set up the train track for Queso and Carnitas.  

Christmas Performance

I can't remember a year when we didn't have a Christmas Performance. Not even during the pandemic did we cancel. This year we had 2 dancers to watch. Skittles in the lower school.

And Baby Doll in the upper school. 

Both of our dancers only do tap. Baby Doll gave up everything else for volleyball.

We had a great time.

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