Happy New Year!

Both kids were determined to stay up until midnight and see the Ball drop on TV. Clare fell asleep around 10pm but was able to open her eyes for a few minutes just before midnight. Sean stayed up until midnight but I think it almost caused him to short circuit. Hugo was probably awake but he was still recovering from his long stay at the puppy hotel so he didn't even make a peep.

Here's to a happy, healthy, and exciting 2019!

Bat-a-thon 2017

Sean participated in our town's bat-a-thon fundraiser today. He took his baseball pictures then batted for charity. He was so happy to get his medal 😀

Look ma, I'm blogging!

I finally found a blogging app for my phone that works!!

Kidneys are good

I took Sean to the urologist today - his ultrasound from December looks great! We'll go back in two years!

New Rooms

The Sooy kids seemed to have been getting a bit big for their shared room so a few weeks ago we started the process of giving the kids' their own spaces to stretch out and grow!

Some before pictures:

Sean was moved back into his old room and Clare stayed in the shared room.

Probably the most exciting part of the transition is that Seany has bunk beds!

Clare has decided to sleep on the bottom bunk for a few nights while Sean gets to sleep up top!

And Sean loves to fall asleep to the glow of the blue lava lamp:

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Sooy Kids!

Artwork

Sean and Clare bring home stacks and stacks of artwork and writing projects each week.  Sean's writing projects are getting really fun to read:

"Puppies are cute. I love them!  They are fluffy"  And the puppy is telling Sean he loves him.

"Before I am 100 years old, I want to be a video game designer"

"Abraham Lincoln was a great American because he is on Mount Rushmore!"

"I do not like Green and Eggs and Ham! I do not like them Sean I am!  But I would eat... meat on a feet!"

And Clare brought them home in her February artwork packet - I complimented her cute little George Washington craft and she tartly told me that it is not our first president but an ELF!

whoopsie

As Thom John pointed out to me, I created our first REPEAT post yesterday!  Silly me!  When prepping a post, I generally make an album of photos and then write about the photos and the post evolves from there.  Well, I guess I made two albums with the same photos without realizing it.  Anyway, here's a snippet of our night tonight - that'll help erase any memory of the double-post :-)

Snow and Ice

One day in Vermont, the kids got to spend an afternoon playing in the snow.  They were having a good time and once our neighbors let their dogs out, they had a GREAT time!

The whole time the kids were playing, I enjoyed the view of Stowe Mountain, where Thom John was downhill skiing and Grummy and Pop Pop were cross-country skiing. After we'd had enough playing, we drove up the mountain to meet up with the others.

We took a gondola ride from one mountain to the other so we could go ice skating!

Taking a break for the zamboni:

Last weekend

My oh my was it cold last weekend!  Luckily we had a lot of indoor plans to keep us busy.  Clare went to a bowling birthday party for one of her classmates...

Saturday night, we enjoyed a visit from Grandma, Grandpa, and Aunt Mary for a little Valentine's Day party.  The kids were up pretty late so we stayed indoors and cozy Sunday morning with specially-shaped pancakes to celebrate Valentine's Day :-)

I took the kids for a quick trip to the library (hence, Clare wearing pajamas and the bed-head hair) but the librarian started to bring out crafting supplies and the kids settled in for some Valentine's crafting fun:

After we came back from the library, the kids watched a movie and played while Thom John and I got to work on a very special project - splitting up the kids' bedroom!  Now they sleep in their own rooms!  We're still organizing and we need to get Sean a big bed (he's still in a toddler bed!!!) but once we do that I'll be sure to show room makeover pictures!

The kids had off on Monday so we went on a jaunt to Barnes & Noble - Clare earned a new book from her sticker chart.  Of course, the kids ignored the books and beelined over to the Thomas table.  They played for a good long time before it was time to go home (in the snow!) and eat lunch and take a lovely, long nap.

When we woke up, we had snacks and go ready for work and school on Tuesday :-)