Back to School

We take the month of December off from "real school" to focus on Christmas and while there is definitely tons of learning happening, it has a much more relaxed feel than our normal school days.
We started back to "real school" surprisingly happily: a new Language Arts Curriculum for MiniM.E. and some exciting arctic science and art projects.

better with blubber

brr thats cold

process art

is tasty!

melting ice science

Back Home

We are back at home with Gram to chauffeur us around to our activities for a few days since I still can't drive. 

I think it's good for us to start getting back into our normal routine. The girls were excited to start our Music Together class with all their friends. It was nice to see everyone since we hadn't been together since before Christmas.

Today Gram went home and we will be stranded at home for a couple days til Daddy is home on the weekend, but at least I can get around the house. 

The exciting event of today was collecting a bearded dragon to send home with Gram to our friends C & H in NH. Unfortunately, MiniM.E. formed quite an instantaneous bond with Margo, but we are definitely not keeping a lizard... Safe travels Margo and Gram!

And... We're Back...

As it turns out having a broken foot and using crutches makes it terribly difficult to climb the stairs in my house and carry a baby around- not to mention I can't drive yet... so here we are back in NH at Gram and Grumpy's so I can get some help taking care of the kids and getting around.

It's also really nice to be here because Auntie Jen and Dan are here through the weekend and now we get to spend more time with them than we would have if we were still back in NY. We did another mini-Christmas with Dan and Jen and have just been hanging around and playing inside with Honey Bunches. We got about a foot of snow yesterday, which was exciting to watch, but its much too cold and windy to go out and play.

 

LittleL.G. has been taking lots of photos for me:

Happy New Year!

Auntie Jen and Dan drove back to NY to spend New Year's Eve with us. While we didn't have a big party planned and it was far too cold to venture out for First Night, we did manage some yummy appetizers, a slow motion movie and some minute to win it games before we did a pre-midnight Netflix countdown.

Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas in CT

Friday evening we drove down to CT so we wouldn't have to rush out of the house to drive down for our annual family get together happening Saturday. Auntie Jen and Dan drove up from VA and met us at the hotel. It was so exciting to see them since we haven't seen them since the spring.

The girls love a hotel stay and before heading to my aunt and uncles there HAD to be a swim in the pool.

They we headed over to spend the day with everyone. Each year the family grows: there were 18 people plus a baby this year. It made for one crazy exciting day... 

Merry Christmas Again!

Tuesday we left for NH for Christmas at Gram and Grumpy's. I was so excited to arrive that upon dancing into the house and kicking off my shoes I definitely broke my foot and spent three hours at urgent care confirming that it was, indeed, broken.

So... a little pity party for myself and a total lack of photos. 

We did hang out with our friends C & H and had a little karaoke party with the girls' new bluetooth mic and C took some photos:

Merry Christmas!

The girls were in a pageant at church last night, which was adorable. 

LittleL.G. as an angel

MiniM.E. as a wise man

Taking care of BabySlimJim

Cuddling in the candlelight

and a little pre-bedtime-Christmas-Eve-new-jammies aerobics

 And today Christmas was everything we hoped for.

 Merriest Christmas!