Skating, Skating, Skating - and Losing Tooth #3

I took Meredith ice skating for the first time last Sunday, and she was hooked!  Since then, she's taken skating lessons and we practiced again today for 2 hours.  She absolutely loves skating and said that it's better than sledding!  Charlie stayed home for the skating, but I know that he'll be ready to join his sister on the rink in a couple years. 

Meredith lost her third tooth last night.  Her front two upper teeth are also loose, so I expect they'll be gone in a couple weeks.  Mer puts the tooth in her tooth fairy pillow, and the tooth fairy brings a Sacagawea dollar and a cherry Ring Pop every time. 

Here are a couple pics of Charlie and Mer enjoying playing in the snow last weekend:

 

 

Christmas Fun

We had a wonderful Christmas morning and Christmas dinner with LaLa, Bumpa, and Uncle Eric.  Mer and Charlie loved all of their gifts. 

 

On Saturday, we enjoyed a fun trip to the GR Public Museum to see the new Pirate exhibit.  You can probably tell from the photos that the kids had a blast, especially Charlie.  He wants to do whatever his big sister is doing.  In the final photo, Mer is displaying one of her many rubber band bracelets she likes to make on the bracelet loom she received from Uncle Eric.

 

 

Christmas Outtakes

Here are some of the many photos we captured in front of the tree last Saturday.  Charlie is really not interested in sitting still for a photo session; at least we got a few of them smiling together!

December Visit

We had such a wonderful visit with Nannie and Grandpa Tom last weekend - complete with outdoor activities, cookie baking, Meijer Gardens, a visit to the mall, and a visit from Grandma, Carol, and Bebe - wonderful Christmas memories.  We can't wait to see them again in February.