I attended my 20th (!!!) high school reunion at the end of November. Overall a nice evening and even though i hated high school, i am grateful for all of my experiences as they got me where i am today.
Thanksgiving kind of sucked as Olivia was sick the entire weekend...a yucky virus with fevers on and off and then an ear infection. So once we got that taken care of, everything got better. We do have lots to be thankful for this year (hence our "tree of thanks" picture). Thanks to Nanny and Papa for being so supportive that weekend even though it was no fun to watch Olivia being sick : (
Once again our dancing star hit the stage for her dance performance. It amazes me that Sydney gets up in front of over a hundred people and smiles the entire time. And boy does she look adorable doing it!
Hanukkah was so much fun this year. The girls loved saying the prayers and lighting the menorah each night. And of course opening presents... but the best part is being with family. We got to celebrate Poppie's birthday, enjoy some fun hanukkah activities around town, and spread out holiday cheer all month long.
Winter break came and we were busy all week long. Since we had such a great time last year on Christmas eve/Christmas, I decided to take the girls back to National Harbor once again. Jason had to work so our great friend Susan joined us for a day of fun.
We started at the National Harbor Children's Museum. Then on the making a gingerbread house with Gingy at the Gaylord Hotel. The girls loved it. And a definite highlight was meeting Gingy (from the movie Shrek).
The ICE exhibit at the Gaylord Hotel is one of the coolest (literally and figuratively) things ever! It is 9 degrees (hence the blue parkas to keep us warm) and these ice sculptures are huge and impressive. Think I might have to convince Jason that we'll make this a yearly tradition as it is a great way to spend Christmas Eve!
I love watching the creativity of the girls play...Sydney comes up with the most imaginative things on her own and is so much fun to watch. So even though our house is continually a mess, I can not seem to put things away as I watch her create these entire scenes with princesses lined up and organized. She puts on shows with dialog and characters...so i'll put up with the mess for just a little while longer...
Check out our gingerbread village-most impressive is that not one piece of candy actually got eaten! (Although i think i've eaten every other candy/treat in the state of Maryland...)
The Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum by Dulles is an impressive place and although we almost lost Papa about a dozen times, we all had a great time at this great museum.
Although I am not fond of the Playseum, the kids do enjoy it and we took Nanny and Papa for a fun morning. The girls especially loved the dress up, grocery store and storytime with Marshmallow the bunny!
In case you didn't get one in the mail (sorry if i forgot--i don't have a good master list and have extras to send out if you want one-just let me know!) but here is the holiday card we sent out.
So to end this for now...I do wish everyone JOY, PEACE, HOPE, LOVE and WARMEST WISHES always!!!
Much love, Jill, Jason, Sydney and Olivia
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