Snow much fun!!

Finally some SNOW!  Graham was so excited to wake up and see the world covered in white, he has been waiting for snow all winter.  He & Matt headed out to shovel the driveway first thing this morning. 



catching snowflakes with his tongue

Throwing snow!

 Helping Daddy shovel the driveway

Building a mini snowman

We had parent-teacher conferences with Ava's teacher this week.  Ms. Petrie says Ava is amazing and has "personality plus"!!  (We already knew that!) She says that Ava is a good friend and has great relationships with her peers.  She is reading on a late 2nd grade/early 3rd grade level,  She studies the alternative (more difficult) spelling lists and has gotten 100% on almost every one!  Ava was one of only 2 students in her class that was chosen to come out of the classroom for some extra learning time with the teacher that runs the gifted program.  Matt and I are so incredibly proud of our sweet, kind, funny, smart girl!  I treated Ava to a special day last Thursday and we had such a blast together!

 Ava got her first "real" pedicure

 matching pink sparkly toes

 We went to First Watch for lunch & Ava had a chocolate chip pancake & bacon.  She ate nearly EVERY bite!!  Can you sense her excitement?

Even thought it was cold, we hit the park for a few minutes.  Playground kisses rock!

Matt and I are really looking forward to our kidless vacation this week.  The beach, the warm weather, some fresh seafood . . .  and most importantly some quality time alone together!! 

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in. ~

Robert Orben