Winter Wonderland

Winter and snow finally arrived in MT.  We enjoyed the winter wonderland last weekend and played in the snow with our sled and played before it turned too cold to go outside. We received another 8 inches of snow this week but the temperatures dipped to -20 ish and with wind chill were -40 ish, so we didn't go outside. 

 Mikayla had her perschool Christmas concert and it was a lovely program with a few mischievous moments as you would expect from preschoolers. Mikayla was very serious but did her "job" as she was supposed to.  Her and Sean have been belting out Christmas songs all week. 

Odd & Ends

Ron and Linda headed to Wisconsin for Ron Sr's 90th birthday party. We got to watch Sammy while they were gone.  The kids loved having him and want to watch him again soon. 

The kindergarten classes at Sean's school had their Christmas Concert. It was a cute program and Sean did a great job. He appeared to love signing and was very attentive to the task at hand. He must take after his mommy. 

Finn, Rachel and Ewan came to watch him too.

Christmas Prep

Preparing for the holiday means getting the tree.  I sent Ethan on a hunt to find a Christmas tree. We both knew we wanted a tall tree this year since our new house has taller ceilings but I wasn't quiet expecting the width of the tree!  It took 10 strands of lights and every ornament we own to decorate.  It's a gorgeous tree, the kids love it and it will be a great memory of our first Christmas in our new house. 

I was trying to get a good picture for the Christmas card, they were goofballs but it capture their spirit. 

Thanksgiving

We decided to keep things low key this Thanksgiving and stick close to home. We spent Thanksgiving day with Ron and Linda, enjoying a yummy dinner and good company. 

  The kids did some crafting while Ethan and I enjoyed a nap. 

 Sean likes to eat his pumpkin pie like he eats pizza.  

Mom! Mom! Take a picture of me. 

The rest of the weekend Ethan worked on the basement project, we have a good start on 1/2 of the framing, expanding our bathroom and reworking the stairs.  It's a lot of work and Ethan is a little obsessed with it but he is enjoying the project and working on our own place. 

Park Fun

The kids and I headed to a park one Saturday afternoon to have some fun.  When we got there we met two very nice twin boys who had created a cool city on the basketball court and sidewalk.  They made a note that said "feel free to play with this city, please put the cars back here".  They even gave Sean and Mikayla a care to take when we headed home.  

 They had the most important stores, Target, JcPenny, Kmart, Lowes.

It was a good weekend adventure and Sean even wrote about it in his class the following week. "I made some friends in the park".