Snow Day.

Well, a half snow day. C6's school let out 2 hours early (although I received the message on the phone about that at 2:24 pm ... 29 minutes after school lets out normally). She was already going home with a friend because I had work holiday lunch, so she just went home with her 2 hours early.

When I finally made it home the kids went out and played in the snow.





I made them the best hot chocolate ever, they took a hot bath, and the rest of the afternoon was lovely.

Thanksgiving memories

We wore new dresses this year for Thanksgiving. The girls were adorable. But neither wanted to wear the underneath shirts we had for them (C6's was button up ... that didn't even make it into the photo!). 1 photo with pouting (um ... I have some of those, too, and I remember vividly having to put the clothes on that I didn't like) and then they both changed to have pink undershirts.



And a wonderful picture with the 4 cousins on that side.

Christmas gifts

Q4 got a science kit as a gift. It was a hit!

Gingerbreading

Yes, we were at it again! This year the gingerbread was 1/2 whole wheat, so it was crumbly and difficult to work with. But I managed to get three houses made. C41 and I did one (yes, C41 supervised), Q4 & C6 did one, and my Friends J40 & A3? did one.

As usual, Q4 ate more than she decorated.






But candy onto the house prevailed in the end. This is Q4's side of the house (candy augmented by C6):


And this is C6's. Twice as much candy.


And this was my house, with some help from Q4. I could have worked for a bit longer, but everybody else was done:



Anyway, we had fun. C6 then gorged on cheese, so neither girl ate dinner, stayed up too late watching a movie, and then fell asleep hard just before J40 & A3x left.

Christmas music extravaganza

We listened and danced to Christmas music today. I shot a couple of videos of C6 and Q4 because they love it. Here is my favorite, very short, but very much them:



And if you can handle seeing a bit of my belly and a close up of my backside, C6 took the camera and filmed me and Q4 dancing.

Tree decorating

This past weekend we bought our tree, left it outside to soak up a bucket of water, and put it up. I think because it froze over night the stump was mushy, and we had a difficult time getting it straight. Our stand is so sturdy usually there is no issue. So C41 had to trim the bottom further and then ... voila! a vertial tree.

Clearly, Q4 loves it.

Both girls really liked decorating it. It is entirely dressed with things they made and the numerous ugly dog ornaments we own.



Anyway, more decorating to come.

So many photo ops, so little time

We do lots of stuff, we go lots of places, but I have no time to write about it, take pictures of it, or reflect upon it. Sorry about that.

Look here's the update: Q4 is reading very well now, she's comfortable reading to her peers in school and at home. C6 asked her teacher for harder homework and math in school. So now she has more challenging homework and I hate it. I hate having to do homework EVERY DAY with her --UG-- and now it is more than just a rote exercise for her. Which I suppose is good.

And, if you haven't noticed, Christmas is just around the corner. Weeks ago, now, we make salt dough, cut out shapes, let the shapes dry, and then ... didn't do anything. Finally I bought some acrylic paint and sparkly paint and we painted them yesterday! We must have spent over an hour doing the decorating; both girls were really into it.

Here is one of Q4's ornaments:


The remainder of her ornaments she wrapped and put tags on and is giving to her friends and teachers at school. They are wrapped in blue princess paper and pink penguin paper. Lots of tape.

C6 made some Mexican bunnies (Red, white and green) and a lot of dogs. Lots of dogs. She's also tagged them all for her teachers (everybody, including the music teacher, the PE teacher, the vice principal, the principal, the librian, the computer teacher, and her regular teacher) and a few friends. The Mexican bunnies are going to two children I don't hear much about, usually, not sure if it's because they come from Mexico or they happen to sit next to her.