Mid-Winter Junior Chamber Players Concert

I am so proud of Tadpole. Earlier this year he auditioned for the Junior Chamber Players Orchestra at his school and he was accepted! He is the only 7th grade celloist. Tonight the Junior Chamber Players had their first concert and they knocked it out of the park!

 Tadpole has a lot of cello on his plate right now. Tonight the group played 4 songs, just before Christmas the regular middle school orchestra played 3 songs and he is preparing for a recital with his private teacher. It is really fun to hear how rapidly he is developing his skill.

 The only bad news is that Cold Stone has closed so there won't be the traditional after concert ice cream. 

Dunkin Donuts for the win!

Swim Season

Nothing brings out our Helicopter Parenting like swim season! Normally Pops and I have enough to manage and the kids take care of their own scene. We have a bit of a problem playing it cool. We just LOVE swim season and we just LOVE that Superkid and Abizella LOVE it too! Pops and I met on a swim team. Going to these swim meets brings back so many memories and it is EVERYTHING to us to see our kids race.

Scituate vs. Hingham

I can't tell you how much fun it is to watch these kids race! We are so proud of their improvement and their drive to be faster and better. The only thing we hate is that swim season isn't long enough.

New Year- New Decade

We have much to celebrate as we enter this new decade- so we partied hard.We started out by going to the movies. The girls went to a chick flick- Little Women and the boys went to see the new Star Wars Movie- The Rise of Sky Walker.

Then we went to a party at the Beitler's house. Games food and friends!

We all made it to the ball drop!

And then we had a special visit from Sara Zeller and her cousin.

And of course Pops and I I went to Dana and Lisa's New Year's brunch. 

It was a fabulous start to a New Year and a New Decade! 

Bring it 2020!

Burning Off Some Steam

We had some post-Christmas gas to burn. 

The only place that could consume the amount of energy we had-

Altitude Trampoline park!

More Good Stuff

Little Chief happy as a lark with his Switch

Tadpole was crazy happy to receive both a Transformers and Star Wars game which he is determined to conquer.

Abizella was over-joyed to receive the ultimate hoodie from Aunt Jenny and Uncle Brian

We had a Christmas brunch that couldn't be beat: scones, bacon, hash browns, OJ, Hornstra chocolate milk and egg nog

Who's that POKEMON?!

PIKACHU!

Legos with the Lego pro!

And the ulitmate DRY SUIT made for one happy sailor!

Then Christmas dinner with the Picketts and the Sister Missionaries