Basketball and Swimming

Andrew has been playing y-ball and it has been quite the experience (for Andrew and mom and dad) :) Today he played awesome and his team won their first game. Way to go Vikings!





Andrew and Abigail are also taking swim lessons at the Y on Friday afternoons and they love it! Andrew's class works quite a bit on the different strokes and Abigail's class has been working on being comfortable under water (which Abby has no fear), floating and some beginning strokes. It's pretty fun and it has been a nice break from the winter weather.

Tooth #2

Andrew lost tooth #2 and his big tooth is already on its way through, just like the first one. By the looks of things in his mouth, Matt and I should start saving for braces.



5 minutes later...Andrew walked into his room and after getting a little distracted, set his tooth down. Now if you haven't seen Andrew's room before, he likes to collect things and he likes to build things, so his desk area is usually a disaster zone. Needless to say, the tooth went instantly missing. He decided to write a letter to the tooth fairy. (I like the "blood" on the bottom of the tooth fairy picture. Nice touch!)



Abigail wanted to be included too!



And yes, we have more snow. Last Wednesday and Thursday brought about a foot of new snow and with the cold temperatures, we even had a snow day. I wasn't too thrilled, but it was beautiful. Andrew was excited to play and it's a good thing he had some outside time because the last 3 days he has been stuck inside with the flu. Yuck!

Curls and basketball

Abigail got her haircut a couple of weeks ago and now that it is quite a bit shorter, she loves to have it curled. However, the curls make her feel even more sassy than she can tend to be. After these quick snapshots she said, "Daddy is going to be so surprised how pretty I look!" Really? I love the hands on the hip poses too.




More basketball pictures to come....but here's Andrew after his first Y-ball game at Glover. Brings back memories, since that's where I played Y-ball when I was his age.

Andrew loses his first tooth!

I am sooooo behind on pictures, so here is a glimpse back at some of January. After the Eastern Eagles won the FCS National Championship Game in Texas, there was a rally and parade downtown. The kids had fun cheering, "Go Eagles!" and even got to join in the parade. We're really excited for games next year!





Other big news! Andrew finally lost his first tooth. One night we were looking in his mouth and noticed that his first grown-up tooth was already coming in and that his front tooth was loose. He worked that tooth for two days and even let mom give it some good pulls. Finally on MLK day, I gave one final tug and out it popped. I teach 1st grade, so I know how exciting a tooth can be, but watching Andrew was so much fun. It is such a big deal to lose that first tooth!






Abigail loves to play dolls, so when our friend Kalea gave Abigail a new doll house, she was thrilled.

Go Eagles and Skate Night

Congratulations to the Eastern Washington University Eagles, FCS National Champions!
Matt and I, along with my mom and some friends gathered at Swinging Doors to watch the game (my dad and brother were down in Frisco, TX cheering on the Eags). We had a great time!



Andrew's school periodically has school skate nights and last night I took both of the kids. Neither Andrew or Abigail have roller skated before and it's probably been 15-20 years since I've been on skates, so I was a little nervous. 10 seconds after hitting the floor, a boy came barreling into the three of us and took us down. I thought, "Great, what a way to start!" After several times around and having both kids hang on my arms, they started to get the hang of it. By the end of the night, Abigail was off skating on her own and groovin' to the music (and making friends with whoever would skate with her) and Andrew slowly made his way around the rink by himself a few times. I think his coordination is still trying to catch up with the major growth spurt he has gone through in the last few months. He is all legs! We did have to end the night a few minutes early when Andrew got flattened by another boy. And despite a bruised chin, bloody tooth and a couple of scratches on his face, he asked if we could go to the next skate night. What a trooper!

December...

EWU Semi-final game on the Red Turf - It was cold, but with the help of warm drinks and hand warmers inside our gloves, we stayed toasty. Go Eagles!





Abigail and I with "Santa Spike" at a Gonzaga women's basketball game.



Andrew's school Christmas party



Christmas Eve







Christmas Day and Decorating Gingerbread Cookies

Snow and Santa

Fun times sledding and snowboarding with the kids...





Santa and his elf helper made another surprise visit to our Christmas party with friends from school (that I work with). It is so fun seeing how the kids change every year and how they react as they get older. What a fun night!