Rodriguez Family Ramblings: Cookies with Santa

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Cookies with Santa

We have been cooped up in the house since Thursday afternoon because of the cold and ice. Josh got an extra day off this week on Friday because of the ice and I cancelled my clients on Saturday morning because the roads were still icy. The boys and I went out early Thursday to get our grocery shopping done and there were a ton of people at the grocery store at a time that is normally pretty quiet. Friday Josh, Jake and I went outside for a bit and played and Josh and Jake went out later to walk around on the ice. Jake and I also started making some Christmas cookies. He loves helping me cook and bake. Saturday afternoon we had our HOA Christmas event which was at the fire station that is 4-5 blocks away. We had talked to Jake about it and he knew Santa was going to be there, so we didn't want to not go. In the morning Josh headed out to put some de-icer on our drive way and attempt to scrape away some ice so we could get out. So in the afternoon we warmed up the car, bundled up, and drove the half a mile to the fire station. The roads were still crappy and what is normally a 2 minute drive took us almost 10 minutes, but we made it safely. We spent about 2 hours visiting with Santa, doing some crafts, seeing the fire trucks, and visiting with friends and neighbors. Jake had a blast seeing Santa and having him just walk around and hang out. Owen was not so sure about him. I am hoping that was mostly because he was tired and just didn't want to be away from me. We are still planning on going to see Santa at the mall next week (we were supposed to go on Friday) so hopefully Owen can get a good nap in that day and will be ok then. Today we are planning on making more cookies and working on Christmas cards. We aren't sure if Josh is going to have work tomorrow or not, so we will be waiting to here something on that tonight or tomorrow morning. Hopefully some of this stuff will melt soon!