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Visiting Santa and his Reindeer

We visited Santa at the Cougar Mountain Zoo again this year. I love our tradition of making an afternoon of our Santa visit and visiting the reindeer and other zoo animals.

We arrived in the morning, right when they opened, and got to see the tiger’s “Christmas Party.” I wish we had some pictures of it. The tigers got a couple of Christmas trees stuffed with meat, and some wrapped presents with treats inside, which they ripped to shreds. Afterwards, we rushed to see Santa. When we got there, no one else was in line yet, so he spent some extra time going over Christmas lists with the boys.

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Love this pic of our three little Kings!
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Late November, Early December

We are so lucky to have this amazing place practically in our back yard (two miles away)! We had a big freeze recently, and Jonathan went out and snapped this shot of Snoqualmie Falls.
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Our proud Cub Scout
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Look who’s potty training! Silas has gone once on the potty so far, and got Avery in the process, who fortunately, took it in stride and congratulated his little bro.
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Kieron looks like such an angel in this pic! Here he is with his stuffed owl, Bacon.
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Avery had a loose tooth that was bothering him. Here he is pulling it out.
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Meanwhile…
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He got it!
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And here’s the note he left for the tooth fairy.
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Just another trip to Red Mill for burgers
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We dog sat our neighbor’s shih tzu, Ellie, for a week. The boys loved having her at the house!
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Notorious cat-lover, Grammy, showed up for the holidays. Here she is cuddling with Ellie. Don’t tell Cosette!
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Thanksgiving in Pullman

We travelled over the pass to celebrate Thanksgiving at Uncle Scott & Aunt Manivanh’s this year. The boys were overjoyed spend see their cousins, and a great time was had by all!

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Nicole, Andrew, and Avery participated in a volleyball workshop on Wednesday night. After that, we had pizza and stayed for the game. Here’s Silas with Daddy a few minutes before he decided it was time for he and Mommy to retire for the night.

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It was freezing outside, but that didn’t keep us from the park.
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The kids enjoyed watching Christmas specials on TV together.
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It’s time for turkey!
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Nicole, looking so grown up!
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Decking the Halls

I usually wait until after Thanksgiving to put up Christmas decorations, but Thanksgiving came so late this year, that I decided to do it the weekend before. I felt a little silly putting up the tree before we’d even cooked a turkey, but I’m glad we did it this way. There was plenty to do between the two holidays, and we needed the head-start.

The boys were actually a big help decorating the tree this year. Even Silas chipped in, and much to my delight, he didn’t bother the ornaments or stockings.

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Avery with an ornament he made in preschool
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“Shatter resistant, huh?”
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Jonathan used to try to play this little horn when he was a boy too
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Time for the angel
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Here are a few more random shots from that weekend.
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Pizza night!
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November

The hard drive on our computer died. It’s fixed now, so time to get caught up on blogging (again). Here’s some of what we were up to in early November.

Kieron was a lot of help raking leaves
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Ashleigh and Mark came for a visit. We took a walk on a nearby trail with the boys.
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All that backpacking they did on the PCT was good training for this walk
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Silas & Kieron getting cozy
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And here they are playing trains together
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Kieron and his friend, Lily, during a play date.
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