Today was my first day officially off for Christmas break and oddly enough, both Ella and Jeff have school for three more days! So, Keeton and I got to spend some quality time together as I tried to do some shopping, which didn't go so well. No one ever bothered to tell me that it is nearly impossible to take a four year old to a toy store before Christmas and get the child to understand that no toys will be purchased for him because "Santa is coming in four days and that is ridiculous to expect Mommy to buy you toys, so stop your tantrums right now"...anyway, didn't go well. I gave up after two stores and decided that going at this alone, even if it meant I had to drive to Peoria and then fight all the crazy people who put shopping off to the last minute (hypocritical, yes, I know) at 5:00 pm was better than looking like a mom who has no control of her kid.
By the time we got home, snow was coming down in big, fluffly flakes and Keeton could NOT WAIT to go out and play. Having lost too many battles already, I figured, what's one more? We got him in all his snow gear and sent him on his way. I shot a few pictures, because I couldn't resist his pink cheeks, snow covered head, all those huge snowflakes, and the excitement of a fresh snowfall from the perspective of a four year old.
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