Will, Audrey and I are in ski school every week for the next 8 weeks. It was tough getting back out there after a year, but after a couple hours I had a decent run.
Then we have so much fun together just playing in the snow.
Like I said, a little wobbly
While we were skiing, Annabel ran into some other friends who had baby skis that she could try.
She went down a hill too!
And at the end of the day, I said “everything is sore except my phalanges.”
At Annabel’s preschool they had a little fiesta de navidad and a piñata.
She has known most these kids since they were all just babies because I went to preschool with their older siblings.
With Sofia and Elena:
Hitting her first piñata
Happy about the candy
Annabel will be starting at my old preschool – it is a complete Spanish immersion school – I hope she loves it as much as I did. She will go two mornings a week.
She picked out her clothes and shoes to make an impression the first day – the back pack has nothing in it, but she loves wearing it.
They better be ready for her.
Here she is with her pal, Sofia. Sofia and Annabel are going to spend 2 days a week now with our nanny.
Tuesday was the first day of “real” school – the first day of the next 20 or so years of my academic career.
It was big moment for me – and for my parents who have spent the last year searching for the best place for my brain to grow.
I wasn’t nervous, in fact, I was quite proud to get myself dressed in my new uniform, use my new back pack and my boombox shaped lunch box. I made fast friends and had no problem easing in to a new routine.
I can’t wait to go back again tomorrow!
Annabel could not be outdone. She doesn’t start at her preschool (my old one) until Thursday, but she wanted to get dressed up and wear her backpack just like me.
Once she realized she wasn’t going, she wished me good luck with a big hug:
Mom and Dad both took me to school – Dad was acting kinda silly.
My very first circle time at my new school – sitting between my new pals Connor and Mateo.
To celebrate my last weekend before school starts, I got to go camping for the first time. Annabel and I loved it and can’t wait to ask Santa for camping supplies of our very own.
We camped at Vantage River Resort on the Columbia River.
Dave Matthews Band Caravan was performing at the Gorge- but most importantly we were there to watch our good pal Christian perform with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. We got to go back stage and even on stage (practically) to watch the show.
Megan and Zubin came too (luckily my mom and dad had some expert campers to show us how it’s done.)
Enjoy the slide show.
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We live in an amazing neighborhood – we’re so lucky to have friends living all around us.
Other than me – there are 5 boys close to my age living on our block. There are 4 girls close to Annabel’s age. Some new babies on the way and some big kids to follow-around.
Front row L to R: Tobias, me, Elle, Ella, Annabel, Allegra
Middle row: Patrick, Colin, random girl, Jesse, Hudson
Back: Gracie, Spencer, Evie
Missing: Callan, Samantha, Kai, Aiden, baby Theo
