While the Wisconsin weather has slowed down we have not. It's been a busy couple weeks. First and foremost, I was able to join Mary and Owen for an art class just before the Turkey Day holiday. Watching Owen express himself is a thing to behold. He is all over the place, I'm afraid he got his attention span from his dad. But he does some really good work, as you can see. I'm proud to have a few of his masterpieces at my office.
One of the perks of my job is hanging out with plumbers. Recently we had a famous blogging plumber come to town for some meetings and I was given the special assignment of giving him a tour of Lambeau Field, which was very cool. The famous blogging plumber turned out to be a father/son team from Seattle and we got along famously, which made spending 5 hours on a Sunday at Lambeau pretty enjoyable, here are a few pics.
We also recently celebrated our first Wisconsin Thanksgiving. It was a little strange not being with our families in Oregon for the first time in our lives but we enjoyed the slow pace of the day. We were able to Skype with both families between pumpkin pies and I certainly appreciated having a few of my favorite things all to myself on the great day of gorging.
During Thanksgiving weekend we took a little trip down to Milwaukee to take Sesame Street's biggest fan to the live music show. Lets just say it was not the reaction we had expected. Owen was a little in shock over seeing them in person and overwhelmed by the show, sound and all of the lights. He loosened up towards the end and seemed to start enjoying himself but strangely watching Elmo, Big Bird and Cookie Monster has not been the same since his first person encounter.
Meeting Santa on the other hand went very well. While doing some shopping yesterday we stopped into the Village toy store and to our surprise Santa was holding it down and posing for pictures. After a few high fives and subsequent "HO, HO, HO"s Owen settled in beside him for a photo op. Owen didn't understand the concept of a candy cane and kept trying to give it back to him. Santa has apparently been very busy at the North Pole because he fell asleep after things settled down at the store, which concerned Owen. All in all, Owen's first encounter with Santa was a smashing success and he speaks of him constantly ever since.
Which brings me to the last story I'll share with you about where Santa will leave presents for Owen on Christmas. Tree selection has been quite a dilemma out here in Wisconsin, what with Mary being the daughter of Oregon's Tree Farmer of the Year (way to go Jim and Phyllis!) and all. She is officially a tree snob in my book. We went to the region famous "Roy's Tree Farm" to take in all they had to offer and came away empty handed. Mary was not impressed by the "Cadillac of Christmas Trees" as they called the Frasier Fir. To my ongoing shock and surprise we ended up at Home Depot and walked out of there with a fake tree... After much thought and consideration however Mary decided today that we needed a second tree, a real tree and we returned to Roy's and walked away with a White Fir that is proudly displayed in our dining room. Needless to say next time you see Mary it may be on an episode of "Christmas Tree Hoarders"...
One last video that is just too entertaining to not pass along, behold Owen "movin' it":
(move it)
That sums up the last few weeks for us. We hope you and your loved ones have a great Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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