The Life And Times Of James M. Wisler

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Took the kids to see Santa while we were in Branson visiting Melissa’s Aunt and Grandparents. I was half expecting James to get scared of the crazy looking man in the red suit, but they both did a really good job of sitting still for the picture.

Amongst the other things we did for Mother’s Day, Ada talked the family into going to the zoo. We received a FOZ (Friends Of The Zoo) flyer in the mail last week and Ada picked it up off the kitchen table and said “Let’s go to the zoo”. So, FOZ should know that their advertising is working.

We decided to go to the Topeka Zoo this year as our trip to the Kansas City Zoo on Ada’s birthday last year left a little to be desired. The grounds at the KC Zoo were so large, but so many of the exhibits were closed that it seemed almost deserted. Melissa tried hyping it up by advocating the benefits of walking, of course then I would think she would like my favorite zoo which is the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, since the whole zoo is on the side of a mountain and so a lot of the walking is uphill.

The zoo trip was a success though, lots of animals seen with much less walking time and its closer and cheaper ticket cost as well. So, win-win-win.

This is a picture of Mac Jr. and Ada riding the wooden bear outside the black bear exhibit. The zoo has a black bear cam that allows you to see the bears live on the web.

The holidays were very fun and very busy for the Wisler household, which is why I haven’t written any notes here for a while.  We spent Thanksgiving at a family gathering in Fort Scott, KS, then a small at-home celebration for Melissa’s birthday (a.k.a. Stu Day), followed by a trip to Hutchinson for Christmas and then hosting a small family-friendly event with a few other parents and kids at our home for New Years Eve.  Glancing over at the http://mac.wisler.org/ I see that I didn’t make a post regarding Melissa and mine 4th wedding anniversary either, which we celebrated in early Nov.  As I said, its been a fun and busy couple of months.

This first pic of the kids that was taken on picture day at Googols Of Learning.  We usually get pictures taken of the kids every year to send out with holiday cards, but since these pictures were taken so close to the holidays, we just decided to use them instead.  I had been planning on getting a full family photo taken, but Melissa  is a little camera shy and since we were able to use this picture instead of going to a portrait studio again then she was able to weasel her way out of getting her picture taken.  Foiled again!

The other two pictures are of Ada and James decorating the Christmas tree.  They were very well behaved with the ornaments during the tree trimming, but we later had to move all of the glass bulbs up out of reach or else James would be pulling them off the tree.

Or as Melissa calls it, Zombie Jesus Day.

Just thought I would take a chance to wish everyone a safe and happy New Years celebration!

I’ll be spending the evening at home with my family and a few friends.