Winter Canival and then Some Snow

She wasn't afraid of the Vulcans at all. She had them put a V on her cheek and then went back for another one.

The Unofficial Vulcan Krewe..minus mom.

Getting ready to sled down the hill.

We waited by this fence for about an hour to see some robotic snow plows. I thought it would be cool to see. It turns out it wasn't. The first robot moved about 20 feet and then got stuck and wouldn't do anything. The people behind us said that it was incredibly uneventful. I couldn't have said it better.

Even I went down the hill.

It snowed about 12" yesterday. I thought it would be fun to go pick up NW at school with my bike and pull her home in the sled. This time I was right. I got to her school in no time and told her the plan. Her first questions was if I brought her helmet...which I didn't. I put her in the sled and pulled her all of the way home and she loved every minute of it. 

Here we are pulling into the driveway. She thought it would be fun to fill the sled with snow. Little did she know, that made it a little harder for dear old dad.

Here is a video of LW's turn. After this I ended up pulling both of them together around the neighborhood and through the yard. It was pretty fun.

Ice Skating

The blog fell off my radar for a while. I'll do what I can to post some pics from the past couple of month. We have been taking pictures, I just haven't been posting them.

At the rink, getting ready to hit the ice for open skating. We spend about 30 minutes getting ready to skate and then only actually skate for about 15. 

Tearing it up.

Selfie on the ice

Having tea with her dolls at her new table.

Selfie at the winter carnival.

Veterans Day

For Veterans Day NW's school asked that we bring in a family picture with a veteran. Grandpa Jim and NW are in the middle column at the bottom. Nice gesture by her school to show some appreciation to those that served.

I saw this display in person yesterday and it was alot more impressive than I expected. The display covers the entire wall of the lobby of the school. There were family pictures with kids and their grandparents, kids with their parents or just pictures of those have served. The entire things was very touching and very well done.  It was a nice thank you to everyone that did what was typically a thankless job.

Thank you.

Sleep over...kind of

Grandma M had everyone sleep over so that I could paint LW's room uninterrupted. This was good until about 11:30. Then I went and picked up LW so she could sleep in her own bed. AW and NW still stayed overnight. I brought LW back over at 7:30am to rejoin the party and so I could get back to painting.

PJ's on and ready for bed. Just kidding.

Here is how LW rides in the cart at Target. It reminds me of the movie Titanic.

Halloween

Here is a picture of the neighbor girls and our girls. They ran around the neighborhood for about 2.5 hours. I pulled LW in the wagon for a while. But overall a very impressive effort.

Carved and painted pumpkins. Gotta do both.

NW's dance class.

Look at the cute Unicorn and Bumble Bee!

Blame this on the neighbors. They thought it was fun to sort the candy to see what was the most popular candy given. It was pretty cool to see. Especially since the popular candy wasn't same between the 2 kids.

NW's haul.

This is how I am used to seeing the candy. It looks like a lot more to me.

Both kids at dance class.

More birthday!

Here are some pics from the actual birthday celebration. Nothing too fancy, just the family.

This is a letter that NW wrote to LW for her birthday. She did the whole letter by herself. She didnt ask us for any help. She sounded out all of the words all on her own. She was so proud.

Breakfast donut with a candle.

This isn't birthday related. But I went and got her a new helmet for her skating lessons. The bike helmet wasn't cutting it, for me or the teacher.

Skating Lessons

Look who is taking skating lessons. It was bound to happen sooner or later. She is signed up for 6 weeks of lessons and we will see how she likes it. So far so good.

Lookin' good!

 Check out that stride..she's a natural.