The very first school concert

Actual date - 12/16 (or so)

The kindergarden classes at trailside put on a pretty impressive show this year before break. Included were two hannukah songs, a song in spanish (not feliz navidad), and a song in french. Plus this:

All in all very impressive. AND C had a speaking line:

Who cares if neither Dad nor I had heard of Hildengard or Guido. She still nailed the line. Thank you Jean for filming so Alex and I could just watch and enjoy.

Side note - C's teacher accompanied the performance. She's been teaching forever. She has her own therapy/reading dog that comes in twice a week. And turns out she plays piano. I think we won the kindergarden teacher jack pot :o)

Carols

Actual date - 12/23

More so than in years past, M was really into the piano this Christmas. 

Some playing

Some listening

But mostly singing (warning - I get a D- for filming on this one, but it's cute enough that it's worth posting even if we only have a couple of seconds of it)

And... We're back!

Today I was going through some boxes and stumbled upon this gem, circa 2004 (maybe?)

Frist thought - look at us! We're such babies!!!
Second thought - man I need to get back to the blog.

Since I've failed entirely at baby books, this blog is the spot to go back and have those moments. Time to get back at it.

The next couple of weeks will be catch up, so please pardon if things flow out of order. I'm shooting to be current by the end of the month - wish me luck!

We're all working hard

Long time, no post. Just wanted to leave note that all is well, we're just all working hard which doesn't leave much energy for blogging. Hopefully I'll get some time to catch up over the holiday.

In the meanwhile, enjoy my new favorite picture of m, who is definitely working hard.

Extra time fun

Timing is a little tricky in the morning. Sometimes we're running like crazy to make it to the bus. And sometimes there's a little extra time for some rock paper scissors (or some variation there of).

C explains her school work

The newest edition of C sharing what she's been up to in school

zoo in the rain

Cimbing at the zoo doesn't change, but the clothing necessary to do so sure does.. Cold wet saturday = lots of layers. Good thing the sculputres and the girls didn't seem to mind.