The Friday before Christmas we told the boys we were going on a date after school/work, but it was a surprise. We had the boys get dressed up which meant Eli work a pair of jeans, a button down shirt with his overall shorts on top. My little minion boy! And iZ of course puked all over his clothes at daycare and was wearing his spare outfit when I picked him up.
We pulled up to Zellas and got out of the van and heard jingle bells. Dave said "Eli, listen what is that noise?". Adam was the first to see the clip-clop trolley and yelled, "a one horse open sleigh!" Except it was a two horse sleigh.
Zellas is one of our favorite restaurants in town, but it's our date restaurant and the boys don't get to go with us very often once they outgrow the baby carseat basket! But last night it was not your typical Friday night- Santa was there their was live Christmas music and tables with crayons, markers and paper and it was specifically for families. The boys loved it and had fun! And after diner before dessert we went for a ride on the clip-clop trolley. There were blankets and I felt like our town was straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting as I listened to the jingling of the bells on the horses. White lights on all the buildings and shops open with Christmas shoppers and the Paint shop had just finished their paintings of snowmen.
After the restaurant we split up the boys and went shopping. I took Eli to Target and Dave, Isaac and Adam went to the dollar store. We decided brother/cousin presents from our boys would be purchased from the dollar store. Each boy needed to pick out 5 gifts and at the dollar store they could pick out whatever they wanted (where as at Target we have to steer them toward age appropriate things or maybe away from the most expensive thing in the row). Dave showed me everything last night and it was really cute what they picked!
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That's awesome! I didn't know you guys did Zellas! See, that's why i still need to check your blog even if we talk practically everyday!
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