Triple Shock!: Mommy's Christmas Present

Friday, January 6, 2017

Mommy's Christmas Present

For years I’ve been telling the boys (meaning Dale and the kids) that I don’t want any presents for Christmas, I just want to do something fun together that we normally wouldn’t do. Well they surprised me this year by two days of fun. We started off with brunch at Prasino followed by a painting session at The Art Cellar of St. Charles. We each got to choose what we wanted to paint. We drank wine (the kids had sparkling grape juice) and painted. It was so much fun and the kids enjoyed it so much. Afterwards we went to Embassy Suites in Downtown St. Louis. We enjoyed the indoor pool and hot tub and then went to dinner at Pi. (We’ve been wanting to try this for years.) The following morning the boys swam some more before we headed to Winterfest to ice skate under the arch. Now the pictures look cool, but it was a complete disappointment. The so called synthetic ice was just hard plastic and you could basically just walk on it. We came, we saw, we conquered and we learned our lesson! Max only went around twice and was so mad he sat on the bench the rest of the time. Will and Levi made the best of it! We then walked to Ballpark Village since we had never been there and enjoyed some appetizers and walked around. We were even able to see the Winter Classic rink in Busch Stadium. We finally headed home (so Dale could work the snow that was coming) and the boys and I rented a movie and had gourmet hot chocolate. It was a great surprise. I will remember this time with my family far longer than I would any present under the tree!