Winter Fun

Well, Timm was able to post a cute video clip on his blog last month featuring our family fun (the girls putting on a production in the living room).
If I can figure out how to post a video, I will too. LOTS of fun winter activities this week.
Thursday night Liv and her class sang at the school holiday celebration. It was SO CUTE to see her proudly belting out those songs on stage! As a mom, I live for that stuff!
Friday night we may have started a new Christmas tradition. We baked Christmas cookies. Sugar cookies with icing. It was SO fun. What a mess! We didn't have cookie cutters, but had lots of creative designs and lots of colorful icing.
Then, we got cozy and watched "The Nativity" movie. Very nice.
Saturday we went ice skating. We went to Prospect park, which is very close to our place. But, man does that hurt your feet. So, after about an hour, we were done. The girls really enjoyed it.
Saturday night, our friend came over to babysit. She hung out with the girls for junk food and movie night, while TImm and I headed out to celebrate the Christmas season with a few people from church. We met at a very cute restaurant in Manhattan. Enjoyed candlelight, wine, food, and lots of laughter and sharing. Such a nice evening. By the time we left, the BLIZZARD was in FULL FORCE!
We were schlepping through a foot of snow, while it was still coming down strong and blowing in our faces. But, it was SO BEAUTIFUL! Nothing like seeing the city all lit up, and covered in white!
Our friend spent the night, and we planned to drive to church, and pick up some friends on the way. Well, that didn't work out. The van was very much SNOWED IN. No way we were going anywhere in the van. So, on to the train we went.
After a very sweet Christmas celebration together at church where we honored the celebration of advent, shared communion, sang by candlelight, and listened to the girls lead us in a song, we hung out for a snowball fight outside and watched a jeep get un-buried from the snow.
Then, as soon as we got home, we changed into snow clothes and headed to the park with the neighbors to do some SLEDDING!
Cookie baking, Nativity movie, ice skating, junk food and movie night, dinner out with Timm and friends, singing by candlelight, and sledding. Sounds like the Holiday season is here!
What a GREAT weekend!
Now we get ready to watch the season premiere of Survivor. Wish it didn't go so late. I don't think any of us will make it through the whole thing. But, in case I haven't GUSHED about it lately, we have DVR now....so...WHO CARES? We can watch it whenever we want.
More fun to some this week, 3 more days of school, then off to Michigan we go for a week of visiting! YAY!!!! The girls have a countdown chart on their bedroom wall.
Dang, I can't seem to do the video clip thing. Maybe some day.
Picture it all in your mind.
And, Michigan peeps, SEE YOU THIS WEEK. YAAAHOOOO.