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Northwoods NYE 2023 (Or Northwoods New Year 2024 if you're Brooke)

We followed my parents up to the cottage. We were getting hungry for lunch and Scott found a place about halfway. The Old Town Hall Restaurant and Bar  in Townsend along WI-32. It was a bit early for dinner, but all the adults went with the fish fry. Theo was in much better spirits after being sick so long.  Once the cottage was heated up we decorated the gingerbread cookies. I went upstairs to pull out all the Christmas bins and found that a sneaky child was hiding and eating candy sometime over the summer.  Tree skirt or skirt? No snow, but plenty of ice.  Strangest winter ever. An extreme El Nino if there ever was one.
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Backyard Ice Skating, Pancake Bundt and a Packers Sushi Saturday

Below freezing temps means ice molds.   I'd make more but I know it will just warm up soon.  After a week of single digit temps the forecast was set for temps into the 30s and then 40s. Boo hiss. Meadow finally decided she was brave enough to get her ears pierced. We made an appointment at Rowan at the MOA and she actually went through with it.  Makes me want to get my ears repierced.  Wait you let your ears close up? Sometimes I miss things. For breakfast the next day I made a pancake bundt.  Theo couldn't wait to eat it I guess. 

It's Finally Backyard Rink Time!

For Christmas Chelsea got Meadow a trip to The Fire Art Studio in Appleton to paint her own ceramics. We finally got them back and they are so cool.  My favorite breakfast.  Theo's favorite breakfast. They're all really into breakfast. After we got back from our holiday travels we filled the ice rink. The weather was finally getting cold enough for it to freeze completely. Scott resurfaced the ice to get it ready for us.  It took about a week to freeze. You really want temps below 15 degrees all day. We were mostly dealing with temps in the 20s and 30s during the day until a deep freeze set in. Funny how it felt so much bigger building it.  Perfect for the kids. A bit small for adults. Was still fun to do a few loops.

Back to Bokoblin Woods in the Winter

Meadow requested big pancake. I asked if she wanted regular or chocolate and she said both.  You outdid yourself, breakfast chef. We used to go the Roberts Birdy Sanctuary seemingly every week before our last move. So, now we have to make an effort to make it to Bokoblin Woods as we like to call it.  I think we need to go on more adventures.  Yeah, we can't do that when you always need to go for walks. Or maybe we can... Since it's full of moblins and bokoblins, the kids needed to bring their master sword and bow.

Little Chute Christmas (Or Spending Too Much Time at Your In-Laws)

A few days ago my mom said with holiday travel they recommend getting to your destination by 10am. I said, we won't even by out of our house by 10am. But boy did my family prove me wrong.  10 am arrival? Who even wakes up willingly before like 9 am when you're not working? It's Christmas and this year we'd be going to Brooke's family once again. After many years of passing it by we finally stopped at Chili Corners Club  along US Highway 10. We saw pictures of the inside on Google maps and had no idea it was so big.  Meadow got Chicken Noodle soup since she was feeling a bit under the weather, but it was Theo that would soon be souring the Christmas cheer. The big hall we ate in wasn't exactly cool. But surprisingly they had a sign that said, "No kids in the bar area." Is this even Wisconsin? Recently I heard about a creamery , Union Star Cheese, that still produces cheese the traditional way. I knew it was on our way to my parents house so I suggested

It's Not Feeling at Lot Like Christmas (Outside)

The kids and I had some errands to run. We always have candles at dinnertime during the dark months. Our big beeswax candle that we had for about 10 years finally got used up so it was time to get another. We stopped at the new Foundry Home Goods location. The kids wanted a shaped candle, we ended up going with the tree.  They also loved looking at all the little wooden animals.  I never thought of knitting jute to make a scrubbing pad. I'm totally doing this. 

St Nick and a Duluth Christmas Weekend

St Nick Day! Pitty the fools who don't celebrate this Wisconsin tradition via the Netherlands. Kirby! Cat ornament! Pretty good St Nick loot this year.