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The last week of February when the grandparents were all here, Alex and Djedo went skiing. I have to admit that as a kid, I hated the sport. Let’s face it, anything cold, wet and damp is just not my friend. But watching Alex enjoy the sport with my Dad is certainly satisfying. Here’s to […]
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Oh, the Olympics. How we love them. Especially the Winter Olympics. There’s Snowman Building. Bobsledding. And Hot Chocolate Consuming. What??!!?? Those categories don’t exist in the Winter Olympics?? Really?? They did in ours.
posted in: Family, Things We Do, Things We Love
Sometimes in real life, you just need to hit the Pause Button. And we did in February. The kids were Off Track from school and the weather was in turns perfect and miserable. We took advantage of it and just kicked back. We enjoyed the little moments — the Vancouver Olympics. Hugs. And even laundry […]
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Oh, it’s Christmas Pageant Time. Our fifth one and hey, my second one as eh gads, (informal) Director. There’s truly not too much to direct when you have talent like this at your fingertips. Note the expressions, yeah, method acting for sure. Kata and Bella are on the far left (above picture). But, look at […]
posted in: Creative Outbursts, Family, Holidays, Things We Do
Nevada Dance Academy puts on only one recital a year and that’s in the summer. But, Ms. Diane likes parents to see the progress their children have made by mid-year so a Holiday Show is held in one of the dance studios during their regularly scheduled class time. And yes, Bella’s class dressed like little […]
posted in: Balance, Holidays, People We Love, Places We Go, Things We Do
As most of you know, our middle child was born on New Year’s Eve. While we love the celebratory nature of our Party Girl, it’s always a little tricky to schedule her actual party with all the other holiday events not to mention school break. This year she wanted nothing more than a party at […]
posted in: Balance, Milestones, Things We Do
I’m slowly (okay, not really) catching up on our December posts. And as they unfold, you will wonder (I promise, you will) how did we survive it all?!? I’m still wondering myself. Crossover from Cub Scouts usually occurs in the Spring but for various reasons, our Den decided to perform this time honored ceremony in […]