Let it Snow

This is a picture taken this morning when it first started to snow. All of Massachusetts is shut down in anticipation of an "epic" blizzard that is supposed to happen today. Let's see if this storm lives up to the hype.

Brownie Batter

When Jason was little someone told him that chocolate ice cream has worms in it so they could eat it instead of him. To this day he still believes that is true and won't eat chocolate ice cream. Jason used the same tactic on the kids with brownie batter and it worked until Sunday when Andrew finally braved eating it and discovered how yummy it actually is.

Ethan had to be in the picture too.

Mitten Play

Here's some pictures from Andrew's mitten play. He was a friendly red fox.

New Year

On New Year's Eve I caught a last minute flight to Omaha while Jason stayed home with the kids. My mom, my sister and I spent New Year's Day in the hospital hanging out with my dad. (Not the best way to ring in the New Year. ) Three days later Dad passed away. Jason and the kids came out to attend the funeral. We ended up flying out of Chicago and to make a not so fun trip a little more fun we spent a day in Chicago on the way out. The kids loved the Legoland Discovery Center.

Navy Pier

Sorry for the blurry pics, but that is as good as I got.

He won't admit it, but Jason loved this ride more than the kids.

Christmas Morning

Jack wasn't too excited about waking up at 5 am.

Every year Elisabeth leaves Santa a note with some treats.

Christmas Eve

We went to the Boston Pops children's concert on Christmas Eve. It was such a fun concert and the kids had a great time. I think it will become part of our Christmas Eve tradition.

December

December has been a busy month. Elisabeth was in a play "How To Eat Like a Child" and did a fabulous job! It was a lot of work, but she loved it. Ethan earned a yellow stripe in karate and was very excited about that. Elisabeth had a huge school project that was due right after her play ended. We also took a quick weekend trip to NYC to see the lights and sights of Christmas in New York. That on top of all the other school stuff, piano recitals, getting ready for Christmas and sports made for a very crazy December. More pictures will come after Christmas.

A little quiet playing time before bed. I love it when they play so well together. Harrison's the blue blur in the background. He doesn't know how to sit still unless he's sleeping.

Right after her play.

The cast was of kids in grades 2-4 from different towns.

Making gingerbread houses.

Elisabeth took this picture. Ethan is at the far right.

Elisabeth's project was on the Hopi. The third grade spent the last month or so researching about a Native American tribe and then they built a model of their house among other things.

New York City on a Sunday morning.

Santa made a quick trip to Harrison's preschool class.