Zoo...again :)

We worked really hard cleaning the house yesterday and rewarded ourselves today by going to the zoo. All Bucky could talk about on the way were the giraffes and elephants.

The meerkats were all huddled by the heat lamp and the hippo was actually out and walking around.

Bucky enjoyed looking at all the monkeys inside. We bought him a painting done by one of the orangutans, Sumagu. We were prepared to buy a big one but he picked the little one because of the colors. He still loves Red.

Moon Sand

While it is not as clean as the box says, Bucky loves playing with it and making "mountains."

Christmas Break

For Buck's Christmas leave, we flew to ATL to visit his grandparents and some of our friends. From there we drove to Panama City to visit my family and Buck's aunt and uncle in Valparaiso. We were able to visit with a few friends while in PC. All in all, everyone was doing very well and it was great to see everyone.

Christmas Pictures

We took our family Christmas pictures this morning. Here are a few of them.

Enjoying the Snow

We have been wanting to take Bucky sledding for a while so we decided to bundle up and brave the cold to do it this afternoon. Boy was that a mistake! Bucky really enjoyed his two trips down the hill but when I took him back up the hill to take our turn, he walked the other way and said, "Go home. Too cold." He got his point across and I was OK with that. We'll try again on another day while there is still snow on the ground but the temps are above single digits.

Skating

On the 22nd of November, we took Bucky skating to a real rink for the first time. He really enjoyed it but quickly tired so Buck and I took turns eventually. Bucky started with some tiny real skates (size 8) but ended up using his fisher price skates.

Family Pictures

I know I've been VERY behind on blogging for a while so I don't need anyone to point that out. Now that I've admitted I have my faults, here are some pics.



We had an FRG potluck on November 18th and we all looked nice so I took some pictures on our front porch.