2012 - The Pre-Holidays (1/5)

Well,  The holidays are behind us, actually it seems like eons ago, since i've had knee surgery and some complications since then.  One of the ways i can be productive is by blogging about christmas so thats what i'm going to do.   Heather will be back bringing up this blog to higher standards in blogs to come, but in the mean time, I hope you enjoy our christmas journey and pictures.  December was a busy but fun month for us.

I'll try to give a detailed cliff notes version.

 

Our Elf on the Shelf (Cookie-Dough, aka Cookie-O), was a good communication channel between our house and Santa.  He Sent Alicia's letter to Santa, and also relayed a message regarding our whereabouts on Christmas Day.   Santa actually sent a snail-mail letter to Alicia on her last day of school saying that he was going to our home a few days prior to Christmas.

Here's Cookie-O sending Alicia's letter to Santa via Fax

In Early December, we were able to make a trip to Lincoln Park Zoo.  Lincoln Park Zoo is a "free" zoo near Downtown Chicago, where you just need to pay for Parking.  We took this opportunity to see Santa and other animals, as we had recently let our other zoo memberships expire.  It was a good time, and Heather was able to capture some amazing images of the city.   And of course we couldn't go downtown without getting some Garrett's Popcorn.