Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all! It has been way too long since the last post! Lots of things have happened here since the last post Halloween:

Sadie's Open School Night:

Dartmouth Homecoming:

Thanksgiving in NYC: And Hanukkah and Christmas and much more. More posts to come in the new year...

New bathroom!

Untitled, a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

The biggest project in our new house was putting in a new bathroom. The house had only one full bath so we added a bath for the girls to share.

It is now finished and beautiful! Everything is done and it passed inspection. The girls are so excited to take their first showers in their tonight. They have already been enjoying their sink and toilet for a few days.

StoryLand

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall., a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

We had a terrific visit to StoryLand. Both girls are now tall enough to ride every ride and Sadie is tall enough to ride without a grown-up. She had a great time doing rides with Isaac!

Sadie also finally conquered her nerves regarding Humpty Dumpty and was willing to pose for a picture with him!

Happy Birthday, Sweetheart!

Helena is 4! We celebrated with family including Grandma, Grandpa, Jenny, Andy and BobBob and had a party for Helena's friends

We are so proud of our little girl. This year, she started Montessori school, she learned to write her name and draw great pictures, she learned to swim and many more things. She is our sweet and loving "little mommy" who loves to care for her many baby dolls. She is full of kisses and hugs for us. You are growing so beautifully! We love you, Helena!

Updates

It has been a long time since we've posted any updates.  In that time, the girls finished up the school year, we moved to a new house (just across town) and Helena turned 4!

Some catching up posts will be coming soon!  For now, here are some pictures from our trip to Saint-Gaudens.  It is so beautiful there, we can't believe we have lived here 8 years and this was our first time visiting.

Baseball Season

Sadie is playing youth baseball again this year. She is now in the Rookie league, which is no longer t-ball. Their coach pitches to them. She is on an all girls team with a number of her friends and is very excited to play some games. Her team is the Cardinals, sponsored by Boisvert Plumbing. Opening day parade: It was so cold for opening day that Sadie wore her skiing long underwear with her baseball uniform!

Helena's International Night

One of the highlights of the year at Montessori Discovery School is the international night, where each class studies a country and presents it to the school community. Helena's class studied Russia this year. She was so proud and excited to share with us!



One of her classmate's mother is Russian and she sewed these dresses for every girl in the class.

Grandma and Grandpa sent a tablecloth and a matryoshka doll they had from their trip to the former Soviet Union.


Ms. Terry conducted the children singing a song in Russian.

Library time!

We have been going to the library a lot lately. Sadie is zooming through books and loves being able to get as many as she wants. Helena likes to bring home new books as well.

Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art

Fossils

Helena loves this new exhibit at the Montshire, where kids can dig for fossils. It is part of an evolution exhibit. Helena and Ann are having special time together while Sadie and Dan are skiing.

Sadie Skiing!

Sadie Skiing a video by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

Despite the minimal snow this winter, Sadie has become a real skier. She took evening lessons at our local community hill and she and Dan head over to the hill together fairly often. Here she is skiing, with Dan filming as he skis behind her.

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to our family who we love so much!

And happy birthday Kara!

Fun stuff

Sadie's school had a fair yesterday in the gym. We all had a good time...Helena especially loved the cotton candy!

In other news, Sadie is doing great with ski lessons, both girls are enjoying swim class and doing well at school. It is hard to believe the school year is half finished already!

Snow, finally!

Here comes some snow...and a day off from school.

Three and a half

Helena is very proud to be three and a half!

Swim Lessons

Sadie and Helena started winter swim today! They both had a great time.

Some Things From NYC

We had a great, busy visit to Grandma and Grandpa in NYC. In just a few days time, we visited Grand Central Station (to see the constellation ceiling and the miniature train exhibit), the Rockefeller Center tree and the Museum of Natural History. We also went ice skating in Stuyvestant Town (thanks so much, Uncle Andy), ate delicious food at Birreria at Eataly (thank YOU, Aunt Jenny), and hit the Cloisters on the way out of town. Sadie and Helena had an evening with Grandma and Grandpa while Dan and I saw Phish. It was all good! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for planning such a special time for us. Sadie at an exhibit that included real fish: Helena and Grandma wait for the bus: Sadie with a manatee exhibit at Museum of Natural History: Helena at the Cloisters:

Happy New Year...Now with more blog!

We got ourselves a new computer for the holidays and can now return to blogging without each entry resulting in extreme frustration and many computer issues. Many fun things have happened since the last post, including... Thanksgiving in New York City: Parade with Jenny and Andy: Big Apple Circus, backstage with the trapeze girl: Sadie turned 7 and had a great birthday party: '' We cut down a Christmas tree: We celebrated Hanukkah: Christmas too: And another trip to NYC: Happy 2012 to everyone...we hope it is a good and healthy year for all of you!

Playing in the Woods

Playing in the woods, a photo by Dan and Ann on Flickr.

We've had some really good fall weather and the girls are playing outside as much as possible. Soon, it won't be so nice.

Both girls are loving school. We had a conference with Sadie's teacher and Sadie is having a great year. She excels at reading, makes connections quickly, has a lot of knowledge to share and is a good friend to her classmates.

Helena is learning a lot in Montessori. They are working to help her spell her name. She usually says "H E H E A", so she's getting there! Her teacher brought a big tree stump into the classroom and Helena loves to put on safety goggles and hammer nails into the stump. She will go to the fire station tomorrow with her class and she is very excited.

Sadie's first grade picture came out great. Helena's pictures were also adorable. It was hard to choose the best pose. We'll share these soon!

Happy Halloween!

The girls had a fun Halloween, despite snow on the ground. They collected lots of candy and lots of money for UNICEF.