Lights at the Zoo

It was a cold night at the Zoo - but we bundled up and braved the cold weather. The lights were beautiful as usual.

The dancing tree lights are always a favorite of the kids.

Here is the grand tree at the front of the zoo. Looks just like the one in our yard!! haha

Here is what keeps everyone going - a cup of hot chocolate! First Sydney complained that she was only getting a half a cup of hot chocolate, and then she spilled half of it on the floor. There was so much in Zack's cup that we shared and everyone still had enough. Despite the weird look on the kids face, they really did like it :)

Home repair

Alan has been repairing the squeaks in the upper floor. Last weekend we had the carpet pulled up, he peeled it back, and put screws in about every inch of the floor. It really worked! No more squeaking. In a couple of areas he had to put in shims to even out the flooring. Since that worked, he decided to go over to the other loft and do it there too. And then Sydney excused herself from the kitchen and said she wanted to go look at something. And she stood there, just staring at this....

oops. yes, that is the shim pushing out of the wall upstairs... I think Alan hit that shim in just one too many times. :)