It's the most wonderful time of the year

We're thrilled to be in the Christmas season; decorating the house, listening to carols, and, of course more ice skating.  The girls have been eager to continue their efforts on the ice and, despite the neighborhood rink not being open yet, we've gotten to use the downtown rink a couple times.  We also made the trip to the Afton Christmas festival where the girls got to do some crafts, drink hot chocolate,  and ride in a horse-drawn carriage.  More fun to come!

Happy 85th birthday to Grampa Don!

Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving has come and gone in a blur.  Our trip to Nebraska was filled with good food, fun activities, football, and volleyball.  Because we had nice weather in Nebraska, it's only natural that our girls wanted to spend most their time inside at an ice rink.  Nana and Papa gave the girls some new ice skates for Christmas and they wasted no time trying them out.  Throw in a ferris wheel,  silly string, bowling, a lip balm project, and you've got some relaxation.

Brunch with friends    ----    Happy to shovel in November

Como sunrise

Working on words... part 2

We had a post 5 years ago of Nina working on her words and it's crazy to see how she's grown now that she's working on reading words.  She and a few other students work with an extra reading teacher a few times a week, and this week her homework is to learn 70 sight words.  She has been eager to practice, has made good strides, and we love watching our firstborn read more and more.

It was wonderful luck that Ben's school put on Mary Poppins as the fall musical.  The girls came with us to the matinee show and we had a splendid time.  The girls got to talk to the cast afterward and later Vivian was crying because the show was over.  When we told her that we could watch some of the movie that night she sobbed, "but the movie won't be as good!"  The warm November has sadly ended and the snow has arrived.

Supermoon   ----   Wearing Purple in honor of Uncle Mike

Lioness waking up lazy husband   ----   Visiting Santa's reindeer

 

Meeting Prince (the new baby giraffe)