Kate's Paperwork

Kate and I worked on her Kindergarten packet this week to reserve her a spot at Ridgeview.  She signed pages that said she would always try her best, respect other teachers and students, and abide by all traffic rules in the parking lot at pickup time. :)

Boy Scouts meeting

Today Paul was a pro at scouts where he learned to sew buttons. After the dozen or "sew" he did at Camp Grandma, it was a cinch!

One last nap

Of Christmas Break...  Tomorrow let the mayhem begin again!

Building with clay

The kids are enjoying making animals out of the kit Grandma and Grandpa sent to Paul. Paul made a beaver and Hannah an elephant.

School starts tomorrow...we are at our high today of ten degrees and the snow is still coming down.

Here is a new hairstyle Eliz tried for church this morning (Hannah got a book on hairstyles for Christmas). 

We also had our last visit with my parents until they return from FL

Digging for gemstones

Paul got an excavation kit from Grandma and Grandpa that he and the others are enjoying tonight.

Park play

It is warm and sunny today...in the fifties. This called for a stop at the park on the way home from Hannah's first ortho visit.

Christmas Day

This year Elizabeth had a great idea when we said that "go time" down the stairs Christmas morning would be 7:30. She suggested wrapping each kid's door in wrapping paper and bursting out of it at 7:30 like the football players do. So of course we made that happen!

then it was time to open gifts