Christmas Mules

Went to pick up some Christmas packages (thanks McKinney's!) for the boys. We live about 3/4 of a mile from the post office and this being the center of Bratislava the mode of transportation is your feet. The weather was cold, but beautiful...so why not? I decided that the boys should be the “mules” today. This is part of a bigger “strategy” to wear them out before their much needed nap. Half way through they wanted me to carry the packages, but I told them they would have to share 1/2 of the loot. They carried the boxes all the way home. It’s amazing what we can do when we have the proper amount of motivation! In the end they did open their packages only to discover that all gifts were wrapped, thus they have to wait until Christmas... but I gave them the box (yes, I am cruel :) But, they didn’t have any problem with that. They proceeded to be creative and build dog houses for Puppy & Wolf (legendary stuffed animals in our home).