This is the pre-Christmas post, then I will do the 2018 Christmas post. Slowly but surely I'll get caught up.
After one hockey game we took in the Ashland Holiday parade. It was super windy and cold.
Lilly's Christmas list 2018.
One thing about living in a small town - kid holiday concerts are jam packed. Standing room only for sure. Parents, guardians, aunts, uncles, grandparents - everyone comes to the holiday concert. I didn't get any good photos but it was a fun little concert and Lilly got to play the xylophone, which she was pretty excited about.
Wrapping and labeling gifts is always an enjoyable holiday activity. It has been super fun watching Greta's early literacy develop. I'm biased as her mom, but I would say for 3.5, those are some pretty good letters!
Remember that remote control car purchase? Here they are, making more repairs!
Common activity in our house are "projects". We constantly remind ourselves the learning value that comes from making all of these things. Boxes are often turned into cars, other cardboard pieces into other devices, often computers or tablets (perhaps making up for the fact we don't let them have those?). Eventually the novelty of their creation dwindles, but their attachment to it doesn't, so we have to keep the box/car/phone/tablet/etc around for another few weeks before they are ready to send it to the recycling bin.
Never gets old.
We did it. We put on our big grown up, parent pants and took the girls to Bentleyville, the city of lights in Duluth. Not much changes from one year to the next and tons and tons of people go. We've figured out the trick of going to the Aquarium first to get prime parking, then walk to Canal Park for dinner, then walk back, do the tour, and then leave from our prime parking, but it just isn't our thing. But the girls love it. It is fun to watch them get excited and dance around to the Christmas music and moving lights. We also have successfully avoided seeing Santa every year and we hope that continues. Because that line is L-O-N-G long.
As I mentioned in a previous post as well, Nick tries to go paddling 12 months of the year, but February usually proves to be the sticky month. If they were willing to drive far to get to open water, they would probably give it a go, but they aren't willing. One of the big draws for Nick and his crazy friends in November/December are the gales and the big waves for surfing. My rule is that he has to text me when they are back at the car and he can't go surfing alone.
Other times though, they just have nice calm water to explore.
The snow started slow this winter. This is as big as our snowmen could get.
Lilly used to be incredibly interested in hockey. She loved it. While she's not nearly as infatuated with the sport as she used to be, she still enjoys watching. We all enjoy watching hockey games, and try to get to a handful of Northland College games during the season.
After one hockey game we took in the Ashland Holiday parade. It was super windy and cold.
Lilly's Christmas list 2018.
One of our common Sunday afternoon traditions in the winter was to go to the Field House to run around and get energy out. Families could go for free on Sundays - some Sundays were busier than others, but some weeks there were over 100 people signed in. Great to see the community getting moving in the cold winter.
One thing about living in a small town - kid holiday concerts are jam packed. Standing room only for sure. Parents, guardians, aunts, uncles, grandparents - everyone comes to the holiday concert. I didn't get any good photos but it was a fun little concert and Lilly got to play the xylophone, which she was pretty excited about.
Lilly got sick in December. She conked out in her doorway. Wanted to get into playing with Nick and Greta but just couldn't.
Wrapping and labeling gifts is always an enjoyable holiday activity. It has been super fun watching Greta's early literacy develop. I'm biased as her mom, but I would say for 3.5, those are some pretty good letters!
Remember that remote control car purchase? Here they are, making more repairs!
Common activity in our house are "projects". We constantly remind ourselves the learning value that comes from making all of these things. Boxes are often turned into cars, other cardboard pieces into other devices, often computers or tablets (perhaps making up for the fact we don't let them have those?). Eventually the novelty of their creation dwindles, but their attachment to it doesn't, so we have to keep the box/car/phone/tablet/etc around for another few weeks before they are ready to send it to the recycling bin.
Never gets old.
We often decorate cookies with Alma, this year we had decorating and dinner combined. Lilly made a list of ways one could decorate one's cookies. We learned from last year to keep the red frosting away from Greta, so no gory looking gingerbread men this year.
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| A nice Christmas card from Lilly |
We did it. We put on our big grown up, parent pants and took the girls to Bentleyville, the city of lights in Duluth. Not much changes from one year to the next and tons and tons of people go. We've figured out the trick of going to the Aquarium first to get prime parking, then walk to Canal Park for dinner, then walk back, do the tour, and then leave from our prime parking, but it just isn't our thing. But the girls love it. It is fun to watch them get excited and dance around to the Christmas music and moving lights. We also have successfully avoided seeing Santa every year and we hope that continues. Because that line is L-O-N-G long.
As I mentioned in a previous post as well, Nick tries to go paddling 12 months of the year, but February usually proves to be the sticky month. If they were willing to drive far to get to open water, they would probably give it a go, but they aren't willing. One of the big draws for Nick and his crazy friends in November/December are the gales and the big waves for surfing. My rule is that he has to text me when they are back at the car and he can't go surfing alone.
Other times though, they just have nice calm water to explore.
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