It's snow fort time! (That and we are expected to have 50 degrees and rain all day Christmas day! :( )
What a FUN day at Uncle Dan's for our first Christmas Celebration of the year!
There was LOTS of food. Fun times in all the snow! Then presents of course. But there was a Gingerbread house competition!! Look at all this action - 4 houses in the works.
Nathanael collecting data for his science fair project, a candle carousal.
Adley had his annual doctor visit, he is 136 lbs (78th %), up 22 lbs from last year, and 5ft 10in (92nd %), up 4 inches from last year. He has one more inch to be as tall as Dave.
And - fun fact! Nashoba will do basketball...this tall guy is ready!
Jeremiah was excited about making some gingerbread men this year. Our first time.
First we had to do solve the where have the cookie cutters gone? Well we were unsuccessful in that adventure - so we took a trip to Target for the $1 cutters. (Now we're ready for sugar cookies next week.) I made a new icing to put on the cookies...it was a little 'wetter' than I had hoped for.
We hung our beautiful wreath!
The boys put up the little tree: (and lit it!)
The boys were excited to put lights in their bedrooms. They found all the extras..
Merry Christmas!
It's snowing now - 10 inches are predicted....it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
We put up our big tree today!
Hooray!
We had a BLAST when the Parsons came over Wednesday to Friday to celebrate Thanksgiving. Grandma even came over briefly for Friday morning enjoyment. It rained all Thanksgiving, but we did get our football on Friday!
We had a fabulous trip to Memere's and Papa Kings!!!
We ate turkey, took a big walk in the woods, split wood and played games. We split a LOT of wood and really loved it!
Jeremiah had his last homeschool community day on Thursday. We'll meet again mid January (Covid Pending)
Here comes the snow! We're supposed to get only a couple inches and it will turn to rain. No sign of the rain change yet. Poor Adley is in online classes until 2:30 - he's hoping for football in the snow - I hope the rain hold off.
We had a nice carving evening! Thanks for the Pumpkins Memere and Papa King.
Yes - we have these two dudes appointments about 6 months after their birthday - it just helps them to have bigger scores than Adley. :)
Nathanael weights 125 lbs (90th %) an increase of 22lbs and 5' 3.5" (88th %) an increase of 3 inches.
Nathanael is taller than Adley at 12 by 1 inch and heavier by 29lbs. (wow)
Jeremiah weights 79 lbs (81%) an increase of 13lbs and 4' 9.5" (93%) an increase of 3 inches.
Jeremiah is taller than Adley at 9 years old by 4 inches, and Nathanael by 3 inches. Jeremiah weights more than Adley by 13lbs and by Nathanael by 9 lbs.
Another healthy appointment.
Adley is up next month.
Better late then never.
Oh boy, it's been a long time coming! But today at 'lunch break' Jeremiah helped Dave install his curtains.
He is one Happy Guy!
So, Adley decided to go out for the Cross Country running team...not much to pick for in sports this fall (that or golf....he was not interested in golf at all. :) )
So for away meets the team only sends 7 boys and 7 girls....Adley was number 7 for the first meet Thursday Oct. 1st. He has his uniform and is ready for action. The only way he would let me take a picture of him in his uniform is if I bought him a Blue Raspberry Coolada! (Well I don't think I can manage that in the short time from now until tomorrow with CC tomorrow as well....I will better plan for next Thursday's away meet - if he runs fast enough to compete again. The first home meet is Oct 15th - because of Covid each runner can only bring 2 people. I will photo this new adventure.
Go Adley! Go Nashoba Tech! Go Vikings!
What a gorgeous fall day for apple picking!!! We field tripped with a few homeschool families!
We're studying US History this year - so we're doing some local field trips!
Sept 2nd we went to Sturbridge Village - a bit soggy, but fun!
Our new kitchen table was delivered today! Happy Supper!
His bedroom is set up for the 6 hours a day of virtual school every other week!
Tuesday is his freshman orientation at Nashoba Tech. His bag is packed! Wow!
Nathanael wanted to show of more of his finishing touches to his room.
Jeremiah is waiting for his curtain rod, which was lost with FedEx for a few days. Once installed, stay tuned for some blue action!
Lots of love!
The buddies
Wow, how did that happen. August flew by like it usually does!
Today Adley got a goodie bag from Nashoba Tech welcoming him! A bag, tee and other things. He didn't want to put on the shirt, and doesn't like his photo taken, but here is his sign.
