Merry Christmas 2007

Merry Christmas to all. Lily and Elsa are busy having lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa P!


Helping Grandpa open the present they made for him. (L standing, E sitting)



Opening gifts from Grandma and Grandpa on Christmas Eve


Sitting with Grandma and Grandpa


Lily playing with her new scooter on Xmas morning.


Opening up their new track suits.

Making a gingerbread house

Yay! Uncle John's here. The girls are so happy to see him. It has been over a year! Today the girls brought Uncle John to see their school, then after school he took us out to lunch and then we had a fun afternoon building a gingerbread house.


E and L and Uncle J constructing.


L,J and E posing with their masterpiece.


The girls are laughing because Uncle John told them to pretend they were eating their house. The girls thought that was silly.

Let it snow!

Lily and Elsa have decided the radiator cover makes for the coziest seat in the house and a lovely perch to watch the first snowfall.

Winter is here. Time for boots, hats, snow pants, mittens and warm winter jackets. Fun. They've been enjoying looking at animal tracks in the snow, building miniature snowmen with their friend Marian and sliding down the sidewalk. They've managed all of this with less than an inch on the ground! Wait 'til we get a big storm.

Lots of things going on . . . I had my first "non-training" week of work. Mark leaves this weekend for a conference in California and Uncle John is coming to hang out with us for the week. Not to mention Christmas is right around the corner. Boy oh boy are Lily and Elsa excited. They can't wait!