Last Weekend with Alex!

We spent most of last weekend with Alex. We have a lot of good pictures to remember the weekend!

These are the Christmas hats that my student council was selling. I brought home one of each for Alex. Rick and Alex tried them one! Too cute! (If anyone wants a hat, they are $3....we still have plenty!)

It is hard to see what Alex is sitting on, but these are the hippos at the Bolingbrook Promenade. We visited them a couple years ago with him. He called them the "Po's" then.

Then we went to Bass Pro Shop to have his picture taken with Santa! He was trying to feed the reindeer that were on display while we waited in line.

And posing with the reindeer!

Alex and Santa!

Later that evening we went to Brookfield Zoo. This is the train Alex had been talking about riding and the first thing we did. Unfortunately, every picture I took was only of part of his face.

Alex with Santa again and Mrs. Claus. He did ask why the Santa's looked different, but luckily he started talking about something else before he wanted an answer!

On our way out, we saw the life size animals. Alex loved these guys again this year!

He especially liked the penguin who pretended to steal things from people. He thought this was hilarious (as long as it wasn't anything from him).

Then Sunday morning Alex and I baked some cookies!

Very appropriate that Alex is in his Cookie Monster pajamas!

Then Rick and Alex wrote a letter to Santa! It was very sweet!