It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Okay, so maybe it doesn't look like the Christmas you are used to seeing with children playing in snow. Winter in the south is a little different. Instead of playing in the snow we enjoy the 70-80 degree weather. According to the calendar today is the first day of winter, and here in Houston it was 80 degrees with lots of sunshine. The boys and I have been enjoying the Christmas season by going to Christmas plays, Christmas festivals, the zoo, parks, going to friends and cousins houses, riding on trains, carousals, horse carriages, all while eating popsicles instead of icicles. Houston does sometimes get Arctic cold fronts that cool us down during the winter season, but right now we are enjoying the comfortable weather.