We always joke that Josh can be a bit of an ogre come holiday season. He even has a Shrek ornament on our Christmas tree! The holidays: Too many people. Too much fuss. Too busy. (Of course, it's all a bluff. He's the biggest softy when it comes to the kid's excitement.) But keeping with his cold facade, we just had to go to see SHREK on ICE.
The Gaylord at National Harbor hosts an amazing ice sculpture show each year. Last year it was the Grinch, and Shaun and Debbie said it was incredible. This year, Shrek and Fiona took center stage - and we were there to see it.
It was 13 degrees inside where the sculptures were, so part of the admittance fee covered the use of thick, warm coats for everybody. Not only was it a chilling 13 degrees, but the pumped the air in so it felt like air conditioning blowing on you at 13 degrees!! The thermal coats were a great idea, except as Josh pointed out, it was very hard to tell which kids were ours--they all looked the same as they all ran about the place.
Nathan could barely walk in his big thermal coat. He stayed pretty warm thanks to Mommy's layering of clothing, hats, mittens, winter coat, and thermal coat. His cheeks, however, were bright red when we finally left the frigid air!
Kate with her boys: Brenden (left) and Collin (right)
I have to give props to Debbie, who has proudly taken on the role of Gallagher family activity co-coordinator. Without her, I would never get around to buying tickets to anything. It was a fun morning. Thanks, Deb!!
