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He can pronounce it correctly now, and Wednesday night, me and my boy rode a camel!

And, nope, we didn’t get spit on!

I took E and Sarah and my sister and her boyfriend up to Belleville, ILL to the Our Lady of the Snows shrine to see the Way of Lights. The lights were great and they also had a number of other attractions such as the camel rides and a free petting zoo (which E went absolutely nuts in, he was SO excited), a Christmas tree display, kid’s area, live music, wreath display, and more. It was pretty cool, maybe we can make this a yearly thing.

It was also especially nice to have some of the Christmas spirit surrounding us. It’s been a Christmas season unlike any other so far. We’ve had temperatures in the 60’s and as of lately, lots of rain, making it feel more like spring than December. I’ve hardly worn my coat at all, usually going out in that green zip sweatshirt you just saw in that photo. And besides all that, I decided not to decorate the house this year. No tree, nothing. Just the lights that are in E’s room all the time (and he’s not getting them turned on right now because he figured out how to undo the child-outlet-lock a while ago and won’t leave the plug-in alone). I just didn’t want to deal with it. I knew that E would be messing with anything I put out and with all the craft fairs I was doing and the renovation of the main room and construction supplies, drywall dust, etc., just everywhere, I decided it was too much. Oh, well, doesn’t bother me any, ha. Less to clean up New Year’s Day. :)

But, anyway, we had a great time going to Belleville and here are some photos! (They’re mostly blurry, especially the ones of E because he was so excited and jumping around, etc.)

Oh, and it was also good getting to spend some time with my sister and her boyfriend. Because, you know, we really like him. He’s so much better than that last jerk, treats her good. They should get married. :-)