Showing posts with label December. Show all posts
Showing posts with label December. Show all posts

Thursday, December 31, 2009

7*11 Game

This was a family game night at our good friends the Dalby's.  The game is 7-11.  You basically start with a pile of candy goodness.  Each person rolls two dice and every time you roll a 7 OR 11 they pick out a piece of candy.  Once all the candy is gone the thieving round begins.  Each person gets one chance to steal a piece of candy from someone else.  It was so much fun and everyone came home with lots of sugar.  We had a good time.  The large Hershey bar made its rounds during the thieving stage.  This would be a great idea during Family Reunions or other activities with a large group of people, though with more than 7 people you may want to use more than one set of dice to keep the game moving especially with younger children.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Zane @ Pump It Up Party

This was Zane's school friend's birthday.  Huge slides, a jump house, air hockey with pizza and cake.  Dad and Zane had a blast. We had done something similar with MOMS Club in GA.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Zane's Reindeer Hat


Zane came home from school so excited yesterday.
Look what he & his 6th grade buddy made!

It has definitely taken some getting used to,
having the kids in school so late/close to Christmas.
Today is their last day/class parties!

*UPDATE*









Zane's Teacher, Mr. S., posted some pictures
of this day in his online gallery here.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Record December Snow Hits Philly

this is a short video of Jon & the big kids playing out in the snow
believe me when I say that this vid doesn't do it justice
(plus, I took it from the warmth of our bedroom window!)
they went out twice on Saturday, December 19th
here's a link to a local news story about the snow
(we called a personal family snow day yesterday for Church)
we got a very early phone call saying that 
school will have a delayed start today
according to this link in said news story,
our official snow total is
ABINGTON 13.2 1100 PM 12/19

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Gingerbread House Fun


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This was the *perfect* activity to do yesterday while it was
snowing & snowing & snowing outside.
If you want more details, see post on food blog here.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Short Report of Friday, December 18th


in which this sweet sweet sweet little face

got Rudolph'd when he tripped coming down the back sidewalk

and this was about the closest I could get to see
the Z-kids' Christmas Concert . . .
sorry about the lame picture.
& no, I totally didn't take any video.

There are *A LOT* of music programs
@ our new school, which I love!

Sure missed Jon, who had been around Tue-Thu of last week,
but had to go back to school to give a final
on the very last day of finals too, of course!

But it sure makes for a very very very long day when
I had to wake poor little wounded E from his nap to go,
E was wrangled from the backpack carrier for ~1 hour,
& Z-kids performed almost @ the very end!

Z-kids did great though!
I'm so proud of them!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Zoe has new artwork



posted in her Artsonia Gallery.
Feel free to leave her any comments here.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Bernice & Jaxon Visit

my way cute & way pregnant sister Bernice & my nephew Jaxon came to visit!
they drove all the way from Cleveland OH to see us while Jack was doing finals
it had been about 2-1/2 years since we had seen each other--so sad!
the last time we made the trek out to UT (from TX) to visit was in 07
& she was pregnant with Jaxon & in the hospital (on a totally different medical issue)!
so glad we finally got to meet Jaxon & hope Bernice enjoyed meeting Eli

here's a quick rundown of what we did
Tue, Dec 1st--arrive PA
Wed, Dec 2nd--IKEA & Kohl's
Thu, Dec 3rd--dim sum in Chinatown (it was my first time driving downtown myself!)
Fri, Dec 4th--Assi & Target
Sat, Dec 5th--Michaels--it started snowing like crazy today!
Sun, Dec 6th--depart PA


here's a quick slideshow of some random pics
how sad that Bernice & I didn't manage to get in a single pic together!  :(

here are some links to food-related posts of the visit that I did over on my *new* food blog

Bernice is a great Mom & Jaxon is a very active boy,
check out this post on Bernice's blog for proof!  ;)
Jon took the vid

it sure was wonderful to have some family around
we really appreciate the effort/sacrifice that Bernice made to come visit
we should be returning the favor pretty soon for the arrival of baby girl Madsen!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Zane has new artwork


posted in his Artsonia Gallery.
Feel free to leave him any comments here.


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