We cooked some great meals, played games, watched a Christmas movie, hot tubbed, and built some roaring fires. Wii also bowled, boxed, and Chris and Eric were even able to go deer hunting....all in the comfort of our cabin!
Standing in front of a Bavarian bakery and pretzel shop downtown.While the babies napped, and Chris and Eric shot deer (Wii game) and went hot tubbing, Nicole and I drove into the village and did some ornament shopping and also got to stop at an awesome candy shop that had Chocolate covered oreos. mmmm. So good, I came back with the boys to get more! There were droves of people that came in for the Lighting Festival, and it was SUPER DUPER cold. Some people were in the Whoville spirit and wore Whoville style hats and lots of little kids were sledding down an icy slope. The smell of roasting chestnuts and bratwurst were in the air. When our boys and our precious bundles arrived we made a beeline for some hot chocolate and took in all the lights and gingerbread-style buildings.
Getting ready to go into the Kris Kringl shop to find our family ornament for 2009.
Eric, Nicole, and Victoria all bundled up for a night time stroll through the lit up village.
It was such a festive little village....We loved all the live Christmas music and seeing all the little kids bundled in their snow suits.Cade was fascinated by the Christmas lights.
It was so fun to see our kids start to play together.
Here are Cade and Victoria on the loveseat :)
Victoria wasn't thrilled when Cade put his arm around her (with mom's assistance ;) 
But, they eventually warmed up to eachother and were playing famously by the end. Cade enjoyed playing hide and go seek with Victoria saying "where baby??" with hand gestures and would take a lap around the cabin till he found her and said "THERE baby!!" Here is Cade after he "found" Victoria.
But, they eventually warmed up to eachother and were playing famously by the end. Cade enjoyed playing hide and go seek with Victoria saying "where baby??" with hand gestures and would take a lap around the cabin till he found her and said "THERE baby!!" Here is Cade after he "found" Victoria.Because we are the cheezy dorks that we are, I made Chris wear MATCHING pajamas to show solidarity as we bowled against the Larsons. The last time we were in Leavenworth, some of our good friends showed up in matching pajamas and the thought of it always makes me laugh. I'd always wanted to do the same and Chris begrudgling gave in to my dorkiness.
On Sunday, Chris, Cade and I had a very relaxing stroll through the village. We stopped at Starbucks and hung out at a bookstore. One of my favorite family moments was taking a stroll down the Riverfront promenade. Cade loves being outside so despite the cold weather he thoroughly enjoyed looking out on the river and watching the duck bob in and out.
Here's a little video clip of the view from the waterfront promenade and Cade's fascination with the lone duck in the river.
Here's a little video clip of the view from the waterfront promenade and Cade's fascination with the lone duck in the river.
With the Nutcrackers at the Nutcracker Museum.
With the bear at the Renaissance Cafe - a great little breakfast spot.
In front of Das Sweet Shoppe.
It was a long drive back home so we stopped for dinner in Hood River to have some pizza! Cade enjoyed the drive for the most part. Its a beautiful drive with lots of horses and other animals to point at along the way. But once the sun set, and after pulling a new toy out of my tote every 15 minutes he was ready to get out of the car. There was an arcade at the pizza place, so Cade and Chris played their first video game together. Here is Cade "driving" in this car race game.
