Oh Christmas Tree

The Christmas Tree is up and the kids are counting down the days until Santa arrives. It is going to be a long month!

Davis' ABCs

Here is a quick clip of Davis singing his ABCs. Hmm...seems as though we still need some work.

Ski School

Lilly had her first full day of ski school. She was so excited to practice her pizza wedge! We watched her slide across the hill, get up from a fall, and having fun! Her report card says she still needs to work on stopping...shocker! The first picture is Lilly getting ready to go up on the hill. The second picture is at the end of the day with her instructor, Karin.


Davis also went to his own version of ski school...sort of. He went to Small World Daycare so that mommy and daddy could ski with friends. Davis had lots of fun going to the Pirateship park in Vail, making a bell during arts and crafts, and playing with new friends. His report card said he was happy, busy, and content. Here is a picture of Davis and mom at the end of the day at Small World Daycare.

Preschool Prodigy

Lilly has been learning so much at Preschool and loves to keep going at home. Every week at Rumpelstiltkin Preschool there is a theme that the kids learn about, like Native Americans or Volcanoes. Must be last week was Planet week because Lilly came home doing this...

She also has worked with mommy all summer and into the fall on reading, writing, and math. We call it Mommy School. Lilly can write her alphabet, is beginning to spell words, can read about 20 sight words, reads a couple of her books, and is a whiz with math concepts...must be she gets that from Aunt Karen. She is reading her sight words in the video. Watch out Kindergarten...Lilly Place is ready!

Morning Routine

On school mornings Davis gets ready to go to school with mom, and Lilly gets ready to go to school with dad. Lilly usually gets a little extra snuggle time in jammies while watching cartoons in mom and dad's bed. Davis' favorite morning routine is to give hugs and kisses to his sister before we leave. Here he is snuggling up to Lilly this morning...super cute!

Princess Tea Party

Lilly went to a Princess Tea Party at the Gypsum Rec Center today. I dropped her off with about 30 jumping princesses. Davis stayed for a little while acting as the sole prince. Really he just wanted a little play time at the gymnastic's center. We then left Lilly and she had pizza for lunch, decorated cupcakes, and of course had hot chocolate tea, like any proper princess. She came home with a few crafts, some stories, and lots of smiles.