After we got home from New Year's in Kansas City, William still had another full week and weekend of winter break! It's good they don't have school because it's SO COLD (single digits at best), but I can definitely see how we would have been a little more stir crazy if we hadn't had the roadtrip.
William finally finished the Hoth Attack set from last Christmas. It's amazing what this piece of "snow" (i.e. fabric batting) did to add to the scene and interest!
We went to the climbing wall at our gym. This is so much harder for adults than children! Clearly we have more weight to carry, but I also think it's the weight to strength ratio. I did try it too but didn't make it very far. William made it to the top of the kid's wall and made great progress on the regular wall.
It snowed again. We went sledding. I also had to take another picture of our house before the lights and decoration went down. I love all of the weeks leading up to Christmas when I drive into the neighborhood at night all lit up! It got less and less festive each night after New Year's. The combination of bitterly cold weather and no lights is just sad.....how many more weeks until spring??
This bottom picture is part of my commute: the walk across the Chicago River from my office to the train station. It's very photogenic - even in the winter.
