Christmas Visit with Grammie, Pop Pop and Uncle Johnny

The great Sander Tower with the Pop Pop Spot

Practicing for the church piano recital

Christmas Eve pageant - one angel, one king and one sheep

Christmas Eve Dinner

Christmas Carol Sing a Long

Merry Christmas! 

A visit from Santa!

Stockings by the fire

A very fun outing to Boston to the new Tea Party Museum. Theo was chosen to read a line during the "court case."

Blustery and authentic

Hello New Hampshire! 

Cross Country Skiing in Jackson

Dinner in our cozy cabin

The crazy driveway - talk about slick

What a wonderful holiday!

Getting ready for Christmas break

Fifth Grade band concert. Love that Maddie is playing my old clarinet!

Benefit of being a little brother -you get to attend your brother's 2nd grade holiday party. 

And have your own party too!

And then on your day off, mom drags you on a 12 stop errand run. Hello, holidays!

A little pianist performing for his 2nd grade class, a sing along - The 12 Days of Christmas

And Dad came in to lead a rousing rendition of Jingle Bells. 

Clean plate club!

 

The First Weeks of December

Tree cutting time!

Another beauty

Gingerbread house magic at church

A new Christmas decoration - a spinning Victorian music box

Love the crafts from Bowen - Gabriel in the beanstalk

We love the festival of trees!

Our snow princess excited for the flakes!

Who likes Curious George?

A Joyful Thanksgiving Day

 

A pilgrim landing at Plymouth Rock

Thanksgiving dinner at the Woolberts was a feast and such fun! 

A room full of kids enjoying crafts and togetherness

Plymouth Plantation

 

One of my favorite November traditions. A chilly visit to Plymouth Plantation before Thanksgiving!

Scenes from late November

Practicing writing

A fun slumber party

Pretzel Maker

Very proud of this organized tool room!

 

Girl Scouts visit The Boston Globe

I love the newspaper. The ritual of it arriving on my walkway each morning, scanning the front page, the kids reading the comics and sports, the days when you can sit and read the entire edition cover to cover, it's such a small delight. Planning a Girl Scout field trip to The Boston Globe is a dream come true. And it did not disappoint! We saw the plant where the paper is printed, a newsroom and all the details that go into producing a world class paper each day. 

Laser focus

Laser tag at Bijan and Luca's birthday. He really loved it!

100 Laps

In motion. This little guy was determined and did it. He ran 100 laps around the inside of the house. Maddie could hardly stand it and tried to jump in at around 30 laps in order to catch up to him. Luckily that didn't hurt his focus!

BC V Army

A fun Sunday at the hockey rink watching BC cream Army 11-0.

Gabrielisms

"Look Mama, I'm growing a beard." I feel the side of his chin and nod. He's assured that he's growing whiskers and so convicted that he convinces Theo that he, too, is sprouting fuzz. When I get him up the following morning, he bounces out of bed and says, "I'm so excited to go to school and tell the teachers and my friends about my beard."

"Mama, when I grow up I'm going to buy you a baby. The baby will be named Dina or Pinky." He wouldn't say if it's a boy or girl.

Selfies

Someone is obsessed. I find these on my phone all the time! They really make me laugh.