365 ~ 2016: Day 31

My view this morning, it was so peaceful.  I had the whole trail to myself!

365 ~ 2016: Day 30

Evan and Momma Chair lift selfie.

365 ~ 2016: Day 29

A quick bite to eat in Littleton, NH before heading to Smugglers Notch.  Looking forward to a great weekend of skiing with our Maine crew! 

365 ~ 2016: Day 28

Look who rode the chair lift for the first time!  He was so pumped and said today was THE BEST DAY EVER!

365 ~ 2016: Day 27

David's 4th grade concert. Orchestra and Chorus. This was his first time preforming on stage with his cello!

365 ~ 2016: Day 26

How Evan kills time while his older brother is in his piano lesson, he hangs out on the hallway stairs!

365 ~ 2016: Day 25

Evan is showing me the birds nest from his science field trip.  They talked about animals and if they migrate, hibernate, stay active or are dormant in the winter and then did an experiment with temperatures.  I had done this field trip with Shaun when he was in Kindergarten, and it was fun to go again with Evan!

365 ~ 2016: Day 24

Game day ready!  GO PATS!

365 ~ 2016: Day 23

Shaun getting some tips on going in for a lay up from Coach Matt!

365 ~ 2016: Day 22

Tomato soup face!

365 ~ 2016: Day 21

Lately as soon as it hits 5pm in this house, the phone is ringing off the hook.  The beauty of caller ID is that we know it's either a sales call, political call or a survey call.  Normally we ignore...but it's getting beyond ridiculous, so we decided to let the kids start answering.  So far they haven't gotten a real person yet, but I can't wait.  We told them to talk about whatever they wanted, the only rule was that they cannot give out personal information and they should not under any circumstances tell them we are available!  Evan wants to talk about Skylanders!  They are a little too excited about this!

365 ~ 2016: Day 20

Shaun is really enjoying the "classics"!

365 ~ 2016: Day 19

NO SCHOOL...means lunch out with these knuckleheads today.

365 ~ 2016: Day 18

It was a hot cocoa after playing in the snow kind of day!

365 ~ 2016: Day 17

Trying to get my bearings on the slopes today.  You can teach an old dog new tricks, but they don't always remember after a long summer off.  I think some more lessons are in my future.

365 ~ 2016: Day 16

Game day!  GO PATS!

365 ~ 2016: Day 15

Minecraft.  Bringing siblings together in peace and harmony since the beginning of time!

365 ~ 2016: Day 14

Evan was working so hard on his "pizzas" during free ski today and thanks to the help of my friend and co-chaperone, he made so much progress from last week.  His fear of going too fast is stopping him from moving ahead.  Hopefully he feels more confident during his lesson next week.

365 ~ 2016: Day 13

Not enough for a snow delay, but it sure was pretty getting ready to go to the bus stop this morning!

365 ~ 2016: Day 12

California here we come...right back where we started from.



David's first contemporary song!

365 ~ 2016: Day 11

It was an ice cream out of the carton kind of day!

365 ~ 2016: Day 10

And just like that, Christmas is packed away.  Until next year.

365 ~ 2016: Day 9

Go Green!  Shaun's first day of basketball.  He was excited to be on the same team with his friends this year!

365 ~ 2016: Day 8

Fun learning about the science of sound waves tonight.

365 ~ 2016: Day 7

Evan's first Ski Club experience!  I think he was a little rusty today because he seemed to regress from where he left off last year from his camp experiences.  But he had fun with his instructor!

365 ~ 2016: Day 6

Shaun and Evan participated in an African drumming workshop today. Evan learned some dancing while Shaun kept the rhythm with his drum. I was happy to make it for the end so see them play. Shout out to Omi (Kathie) for taking them because cloning humans is illegal and I couldn't be in two places at once!

365 ~ 2016: Day 5

David building his first model airplane with a little help from Dad!

365 ~ 2016: Day 4

Evan's turn for a reading picture!  His favorite books are seek and finds!

365 ~ 2016: Day 3

This kid LOVES to read.  Over the break his school challenged all the students to read 20 minutes each day and to log his minutes.  He kept his log up in his room and filled it out each night.  They also asked for pictures so I went up tonight to sneak a shot.  I must have caught him at a funny part of Roscoe Riley Rules, because when I loaded this onto the computer, I could see that I caught him mid-chuckle!

365 ~ 2016: Day 2

Star Wars: The Force Awakens with the boys!  Worth the wait!

365 ~ 2016: Day 1

Ringing in the New Year with some fireworks and some night sledding!  2015 went out with a bang and I am so looking forward to what 2016 has in store for us!