St. Nick and Backyard Ice Skating

St. Nick came!

St Nick is the best. Just ask Theo.

It definitely shows in his face.

And Meadow!

Theo got Christmas pajamas, a mini Transformer, a penguin ornament, Andes Mints and another Dog Man book.

Meadow got a plaid nightgown, kitty ornament, dark chocolates, Babysitters Club book and headphones.

St. Nick also froze our rink just in time for his holiday. I had to clean off the rink before we could go out and skate.

Big pancakes for the holiday.

It felt like the rink needed a nice fresh layer using the homeboni.

Then I walked over to the auto shop to go get our car and its new tires. I ended up buying my tires on Wal-Mart's website and having them installed locally. Was able to add in an alignment for less than any of the big tire chains would do for just an install.

Lyndale looks pretty nice with a coat of snow.

When I got back the kiddos were busy playing Minecraft. Didn't they know we had an ice rink to go skate on?

Year 3 is a go!

We signed up Theo for hockey this year and he starts in a couple weeks.

Sometimes I doubt whether it's worth building the rink, but I think you can see that it is.

After some fun on the rink, Scott and I went to a wedding in Eden Prairie. Guess we forgot to take photos.

Back on the rink the next day.

Heck yeah!

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