Amundsons

Its cold. Crazy cold. We have had snow snow snow. So we needed some fun activities to fend off the cabin fever. Not a hard thing to do with two funny kids. We took a Winter Expedition around the neighborhood. My little Norwegian babies love the cold weather and were so excited to go out an explore all the white stuff. We made snow angels... Then we came back inside, made coco and watched movies... Played with stocking stuffers that I don't want to deal with during normal days... We made homemade sushi... and then warm homemade comfort food... We made a blanket fort... and read tons of books snuggled inside... We made brownies... And then we played hours of hide and go seek. Charlotte and Clarie are really into hide and seek lately. However, just because you are really into something doesn't mean that you are very good at it. In fact they are both pretty terrible. Charlotte only hides in one spot. Over and over and over. Every time she hides behind the ch...

Charlotte started Ballet this fall. They had their first performance at the local nursing home for Christmas. Check out that talent... wow. Next year Swain Lake. And yes... I did not realize that they were supposed to wear a red Christmas shirt.

Christmas was enjoyed with Jacob's family in Wisconsin this year but first we got the tree at the local tree farm. We bundled up and headed out to pick out our special tree. We decided on a White Pine, which is a beautiful tree and not very prickly. Which is great except that a not prickly tree with lots of pretty shinny ornaments on it and a 15 month old, meant that the decorations had to start right at the top of that said 15 month old's reach. There were lots of cold winter activities this Christmas. Papi took Charlotte out for her first "Ski Trip" (which was in the front yard). She loved it! Jake and I got a chance to snowboard when we were in Wisconsin. The first time back since Claire was born. And Claire's first sledding experience. Which as you can see she loved every minute of it. The girls got dressed up for the Christmas Eve service. Claire was IN LOVE with her shiny sparkly gold shoes. Getting sweet glimpses of a little girl. We m...