Peter and Stephanie's wedding video

I made a little movie for Peter and Stephanie...

See you soon, Grandma Sandy!

We had a nice visit from Grandma Sandy. She spent many hours sewing barbie and american girl dresses for the girls and distracting the boys. She stayed for 2 weeks and got to enjoy Thanksgiving, read in Ellen's kindergarten class and see Anais in one of her holiday dance performances. It was a great visit. Thanks for coming and staying a few extra days!!! We miss you already!

First Snow

The first snowfall seemed to come awfully early this year, much to the delight of the kids whose film du jour is "Frosty". We spent 30 minutes bundling them up in snowgear for 15 minutes of play in the snow but 3 out of 4 loved it. Dylan was still on the mend and didn't make it out of the garage. Ellen and Anais scrounged up enough snow for a snowman and Nic was fascinated by it all. Of course the excursion ended with hot chocolate and marshmallows all around.

School Lunch

Grandma Sandy and Nic joined Ellen for lunch at school. They got to sit at a separate table from her class and Ellen was able to "invite" a friend. Mom seemed to think the pizza lunch wasn't too bad and Nic very much enjoyed the experience.

a couple uncomfortable guys

Shawn and Dylan both had a rough start to December. Shawn had minor surgery on his elbow and wrist to help with some nerve issues he's been having. The doc made it seem like he'd be back mountain biking the next day but it ended up being a bit more painful then that and he took it easy as best he could for a couple days. Dylan went to the doctor on Wednesday with croup but by Friday had a consistent high fever and it seemed that the croup had evolved into something a bit worse. He was put on antibiotics but the fever knocked him out for a couple days. Poor bug!

Holiday Party

With Shawn and Dylan out of commission I took the healthy 3 to our local twins club holiday party. We took a lovely "family" photo with Santa and while Nic literally ran the other direction when it was our turn to step up to the chair, we managed a nice calm shot. Ellen and Anais even had a pleasant conversation with Mr Claus. We did get many strange looks from many club members trying to figure out who the twins were in our little family!

Another birthday

Now that I'm "over the hill" I look at my birthday as a day I'd rather forget and while this year lacked any big trips to Cabo or extravagant meals out in Philly, we did manage to celebrate. My mom and the kids made a star shaped cake and each decorated a point which they had claim to. Shawn made blackened fish for dinner and I found a little bit of time for myself.