Penguin Day!

Nathan's class had been learning about penguins and they had a Penguin Party last Friday. Unfortuntately, I was not able to attend, but Aunt Teri and Cousin Hollie did!! The class dressed in black and white as penguins, sang a penguin song, read their reports on Penguins and ate oreo cookies. Here are a few pictures from Aunt Teri - THANK YOU!!

Blizzard Part 2

Hopefully this will be the final chapter on snow this winter!

Here are a few more pictures.

Shortly after this picture was taken early Wednesday morning, the snow really started coming down and the wind was blowing fiercely!

We stayed inside all day and the kids enjoyed pajama day.

Even the dogs had fun!

the following day, once we dug out of our driveway, the kids visited friends and did some sledding

Sela found herself a comfortable seat in the snow - it was on top of a 10 foot pile of snow and she liked being above everyone else!Nathan is standing at the entry to the igloo that the other kids had dug out - they put American Flags above the entry way.

Nathan also got into a snowball fight with the older kids and had a great time!

I am glad they had so much fun, and hope that memories of snow will all we will soon be left with! :)

Let it snow, let it snow, Let it snow!

Oh the weather outside is freightful, but the fire is so delightful....
Yes, that is just over 31 inches!!

Nathan wanted to help shovel, but all he did was pose for a picture next to the shovel! Sela didn't even make it outside because I told her she MUST wear pants and she refused...such is the life of a princess!

Our table on the deck (hope it doesn't fall down - the deck I mean)!!

The path I shoveled for the girls around 7:30 this morning - you can't even see it now!

Bathtime!

Some random shots from bathtime last night - looking at the pictures, I can almost hear the giggling - what a beautiful sound!

Vacation in Florida

We just returned from an amazing vacation in Florida, to 17 degree weather and lots of snow! The first few days of our vacation were spent at the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando where we visited the Universal Studios Parks and visited with some wonderful friends. The kids loved the zero entry pool, and I was happy to be outside in the sunshine!

The second day of our stay, we were joined by my friend Marcy who also adopted two of her children from Guatemala. It was so nice to visit with them, made our stay even more special!

Three of our Guat tots:

The kids enjoyed the water taxi we took to City Walk where we visited the restaurants and theme parks:

Sela had lots of fun in the store trying on wigs:

We watched a wonderful show at the Universal Studios theme park which showed lots of animals from the movies and the various tricks they did. Here is Sela posing with the pug from Men in Black and a bird from a recent movie:

Leaving the Hard Rock Hotel was sad, but the kids cheered up as soon as they saw Bubie and PopPop!

My "things" (from the Cat in the Hat) at the Kennedy Space Center:

Too bad we are missing the actual shuttle launch which doesn't happen until Feb 7 at 4:39 am.

The next day, we went to Disney's Magic Kingdom, where Sela had a makeover at the Bippity Bobbity Boutique which was a late birthday present. I hope she loved the whole experience, even if a bit overwhelmed. She is my beautiful princess!

Posing with Cinderella's evil stepmother and stepsisters:

We went on rides, and Bubie loved it!!

PopPop had a great time too, even though Sela could barely see over the steering wheel!

We visited lots of princesses:

And, finally ended the day with dinner in Cinderella's castle complete with fireworks out the window after dessert!

The hair and some makeup held up overnight, she was still glowing the next day!

Finally, a trip to the Nature Center with Bubie and PopPop rounded out the trip.

We had a wonderful time, enjoyed our friends and family and are now glad to be home!