It was very wet! The one benefit is that the park was not busy, however, they closed early.
Because of the rain they closed Knott’s at 2 pm. So we drove down to Oceanside in the pouring rain.
We went to Dairy Queen to make up for our short stay at Knott’s. Ellie was so tired she fell asleep on Oma’s lap.
We surprised the kids with a trip to California as their Christmas present. We didn’t even tell them that Oma and Opa were coming to Phoenix and then going with us. On Sunday, we had secretly packed the van so they wouldn’t figure it out early. On Monday, Nate had a doctor’s appointment so he wasn’t here when Oma and Opa got here. Ellie was very surprised that they were here and Nate was too, once he got home. We told them we were going to get some lunch. Ellie wasn’t sure she should believe us once she got in the car and saw pillows and blankets. They were excited that we were going to California although they weren’t sure what Knott’s Berry Farm was. However, they were very excited about getting to stay in a hotel.
It started raining at about 3:30pm and it rained all the way to Buena Park. Then it kept on raining for two more days. It was very unnerving when we had two occasions where cars had spun around and then their headlights were facing us. God was watching over us and we arrived safe and sound.
We are a bit behind on our blogging once again.
Nate had three celebrations for his birthday. The first one was with family the weekend before his birthday. He read all of his birthday cards by himself. He wanted to be fancy for his birthday hence the tie.
The next celebration was on his actual birthday. We brought cookies to his class and Daddy read a story to the class. We went to Peter Piper Pizza for dinner and then opened presents at home.
The last celebration was the weekend after his birthday and we had a little get together with his friends.
First step for the birthday party was to make a Lego pinata. It only took about 12 light hits before it fell to the ground but the kids seemed to enjoy it.
The birthday “cake.”
The favor bags.
Playing at the park after the pinata was done.
