Snow and Santa

Chicagoland received 3-6 inches of snow overnight last night. We were supposed to drive down to Urbana-Champaign to see friends today and watch the USC game, but Mother Nature decided to curb our plans. Instead, our friends Tim and Kelley, who live on the street behind ours, invited us over for dinner. We had time to kill until dinner at 4, so we decided to take Keaton outside to experience snow for the first time. I'm not sure how he felt about it... he did well while we were holding him, but bawled when we sat him down by himself. He also tasted it, and was NOT happy with the result.

After playing outside, Keaton was super sleepy and took a 1.5 hour nap... the second long nap he took today. (He's either feeling better teething-wise, or going through another growth spurt! If the longer naps could be more of a habit, though, that would be WONDERFUL!) Meanwhile, Casey and I decided to try our hand at making french fries (which was fun, and they turned out well!). We ate lunch, and then Keaton woke up and we played inside and watched the USC game until it was time to go to Tim & Kelley's for dinner. Keaton got to play with his friend Nolan, and another boy named Nicholas, so by the time dinner was over (and the game, which was not so great), Keaton was exhausted. We brought him home, and he barely made it through 'dinner' before passing out. In all, it was a pretty fun day, considering we were basically stuck at home.

I should also mention that Keaton got to meet Santa for the first time yesterday! I started mall-walking with some other Moms on Thursday, and we found out that Friday there would be free breakfast with Santa. He did great, and didn't cry! He stared more at Mrs. Claus, though, who had a shimmery dress on that was a bit more interesting for him. I think we'll probably take him once more so Casey can go with us and we can get more pictures. Here's one from the mall:

I guess that's all for now! So far it's been a nice first half of the weekend. And it's stopped snowing. Woo hoo!

-Ash