Good times

The past couple of weeks have been filled with some great times with all my siblings reunited.  It's been great being able to acquaint myself with the nieces and nephews I hadn't met yet, and William has enjoyed spending time with his cousins.

Emma and William playing together

*Bop*

Emma: "William hit me!" 

William: "Don't listen to her...I didn't do anything."

"Ok Emma, if you pull Zebra's tail like this, you can chew on it."

Zenith with William and Emma

On Saturday, Mom and Dad graciously agreed to babysit William and Emma while Thomas, Angie, Zenith and I went out on a double date.  Downtown Nashua was having their annual "Holiday Stroll" where main street gets decked out for Christmas and shops put on displays along with gingerbread house competitions, ice sculpture displays, and craft fairs.  

 People gave out hot cocoa and hot cider which was nice as it was a very cold night.

And the boys picked up some cigars and had a smoke together

Bangers and Mash at the Peddler's Daughter Pub

Angie and Thomas

We had a great evening walking around and thankfully the kiddos behaved themselves for Nana and Bumpa.  It felt so good to get out on a date without worrying about diapers, car seats, baby food, and bed time.  

Well, it's now Advent and I went into the attic to get the manger scene to set up and found this play manger scene a friend had given us which William has enjoyed playing with.

We had a very enjoyable evening last night with Mom, Dad, Angie, Thomas, and Tess.  They all came over for dinner so we could spend some more time with Angie, Thomas and Emma before they go home on Wednesday.  After dinner, we all had cuppas and glasses of Port and then got down to two serious games of Pictionary.  Of course the game was purely for fun, no competitive players among us at all...*cough* Zenith *cough*.  ;)

Everyone around here has been sick...tis the time of year for it!  Zenith and I are no exception, despite the amount of vitamin C we've been pumping into ourselves and the essential oils I've been using.  It's been a particularly bad virus and has swept through the whole family, knocking everyone over with aches, chills, sore throats, and congestion.  But we're the last to get it so it's already on it's way out, thankfully.  

That's about all the latest from around here.  Stay warm, and stay healthy!

~Lindsay