Staying in town this year allowed us to partake of some fun pre Christmas festivities. We started the season out with a trip to the annual Creche and Carols exhibit which has some amazing nativities to ogle over.
We also found out that the zoo does an evening exhibit on the weekends with lights and a few open animal exhibits. The weekend Alan finished his classes for the semester was warm(ish) so we bundle Peter up and took off.
Here we are at the penguin exhibit where I think it was colder in the penguin house than outside but not to be missed since it is Peter's favorite.
The zoo had lights everywhere some in animals others in Christmas designs and with Christmas music playing it was a regular wonderland.
We took advantage of Alan having his weekends free and went to the Science Center one Saturday with my sister and niece. Here they are testing out some beam strength together. This is my favorite "winter" outing with Peter because he can just run and have fun out of the cold. They have this room that I just love called the Discovery Room that is designed for children from ages 3-7 but Peter enjoys it so it is worth the $3.50 every once in a while. They have magnetic toys, water toys, building toys, animals, coloring, anatomy...you name it.
There are lots of different musical toys and Peter loves trying to play them.
Who doesn't love a tee pee with drums and pretend food?
We also had some snow the week before Christmas so Peter got to go exploring. He wasn't quite sure what to make of the snow and was a little sad as he went to explore all the plants and they were all dead. No flowers to sniff for a while!
One of our biggest well most expensive activities but a very much long awaited one is that we purchased a second car for Alan. I think we are both very excited as sharing one car has become increasingly crazy. We got a great deal from the local mechanic down the street and I for one am looking forward to the freedom of getting out of the house with Peter this winter!
The zoo had lights everywhere some in animals others in Christmas designs and with Christmas music playing it was a regular wonderland. 
We took advantage of Alan having his weekends free and went to the Science Center one Saturday with my sister and niece. Here they are testing out some beam strength together. This is my favorite "winter" outing with Peter because he can just run and have fun out of the cold. They have this room that I just love called the Discovery Room that is designed for children from ages 3-7 but Peter enjoys it so it is worth the $3.50 every once in a while. They have magnetic toys, water toys, building toys, animals, coloring, anatomy...you name it.
There are lots of different musical toys and Peter loves trying to play them.
Who doesn't love a tee pee with drums and pretend food?
We also had some snow the week before Christmas so Peter got to go exploring. He wasn't quite sure what to make of the snow and was a little sad as he went to explore all the plants and they were all dead. No flowers to sniff for a while!
One of our biggest well most expensive activities but a very much long awaited one is that we purchased a second car for Alan. I think we are both very excited as sharing one car has become increasingly crazy. We got a great deal from the local mechanic down the street and I for one am looking forward to the freedom of getting out of the house with Peter this winter!I turned 33 this month-I know, I am ancient...Alan reminds me all the time:) I was fortunate that my parents were in St Louis to go to the temple the day before my birthday so we all went out for pizza and since it is my sister's birthday the day before mine Alan made a cheesecake for each of us. They were scrumptious! The chocolate was my favorite.
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The science center is a favorite place to go. And yes for a second car. Cheesecake is our favorite. yum yum.
Looks like it was lots of fun! Your little guy is so very cute!!!I am certain the cakes were yummy, they look perfect! I bet it is nice to have your sister in town.
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