December Fun

December ended up feeling like a really short month.  The boys and I were only in Dallas until the 19th and we spent  of that time trying really hard not to freeze to death (seriously...it was cold).

Isaac all dressed up to help me make dinner.

 December 6 we woke up to this lovely ice.  Our power had gone out around 4 or 5 in the morning and it got chilly pretty quick in our apartment!  After a cold breakfast we started brainstorming what we could do to stay warm until our power came back on.  Once Andy  busted through the 1/2" of ice coating our car we loaded the kids up and headed to Northpark Mall.  For the first time since moving to Dallas I didn't feel totally underdressed there!  Other people without power had showed up in hopes of letting their kids run around and getting something warm to eat, so I wasn't the only person who didn't have make-up perfectly applied, my hair perfectly done, and my outfit perfectly coordinated.

After running around for a few hours and eating lunch at the food court, we headed home to quickly grab a few things (including our pack-n-play) before heading to our friends' apartment.  They had power still and had graciously opened their space up to us so Isaac could take a nap in a warm place and we could hang out.  We ended up spending most of the afternoon and evening there.  Around 7 p.m. we left to go get a few things at Target.  After we got home to pick up things for the night, we noticed that our phones were connected to our wireless and someone had their Christmas lights on!  We had never been so grateful to have the power back!  It was still in the mid 50s in our apartment when we got all our stuff in, so we turned on the space heater and put on a movie for Isaac to watch until it warmed up enough for him to go to bed.

We were very grateful that our power was only out for one day (and that Andy's office was closed due to the ice).  Some of the people in our ward were without power until Monday.  We've definitely gone through our emergency preparedness stuff to see what we need to get in case something like this happens again.  At the top of our list are hot water bottles, thermal underwear for everyone, and a bigger camping stove (or preferably a grill).

Isaac trying on Andy's ski goggles. We broke out all our winter stuff when the ice came!

One night while watching a movie Isaac pulled up his shirt and started "nursing" his doggie.

My little hipster.

Story time at the library one day was decorating a Christmas tree.  Isaac had fun picking out different things to put on as ornaments and coloring everything.

We got Isaac some new Sunday shoes and he was so in love with him that he would only let us take his church pants off.  He kept the rest of his church clothes on all day.

Since we couldn't go outside to play, we had lots of fun playing with play-doh and finding other ways to keep ourselves entertained inside!