First Time Ice Skating

New year's even in Ohio, we all went to downtown Columbus, some of us for ice skating, some of us for a hockey game, and some of us for both. Sophie got her first chance to go ice skating, which she was very excited about until she was actually out on the ice. It was very difficult (and she hadn't had a nap that day, too much fun with grandma and grandpa). She did make it around once with Dad's help and mom managed to get a picture, so it's immortalized. Alex stayed on the outside and gave us high 5's on the glass as we went by. Of course later, he fell and bumped his head so badly they wanted to call a paramedic, but after the golf ball on his forehead went down, he was fine with a nice bruise to prove he'd had fun at the skating rink too.

Christmas

Merry Christmas! We hope all your celebrations are as fun as ours. This year one of the activities was splitting into teams and turning one member into a snowman (no snow outside).

A big THANK YOU to all our great friends and family - we love you all!

First Snow Fall

Sophie has wanted to make snow angels since she saw Caillou do it on PBS (I know, I know). So when we woke up this morning and the snow had made a pictureque layer over the world, what could I say, No, sorry, we have company coming and have to clean. It was the truth, but that's not what winter mornings are about. So we went outside for an hour to make snow angels and snowman, well snowmounds. The snow was very powdery and dry. Not at all good for building. Sophie was a little upset we couldn't make snowballs.