Stormy Weather

Well the snow was welcomed in Brunswick! We ventured outside for the first ski of the year and some walkin' in a winter wonderland.






Oops!

Christmas with the Princes

Grammy and Grampa Prince came down on Christmas eve so we could all spend Christmas morning together! It was a delightful time.


"T'was the night before Christmas..."


Levi helps mama with her new gloves, and really seems to like them!!


Evvie's all about ponies and her new Christmas Kitty! It seems to be the twin sister of "Black Kitty" who ran away about two years ago.

Ho! Ho! Ho! (#2)

Ho! ho! ho!

Levi was very proud of this project he made with The Littler Dippers. Ho! Ho! Ho! to everybody this Christmas!

Christmas at Railway Village

We took a year off from our traditional expedition in Bath on the Candy Cane Train to explore Boothbay's Railway Village. It was a great day with an old-fashioned steam engine chugging us around- hot cocoa in one hand, a cookie in the other.



waiting for the train


riding on the train...with cookies!


Santa visits


All Aboard!
(the artistic edge-blur is really just hot cocoa on the lens. Thanks, Levi!)

Jingle Bells

Saturday was Evvie's preschool Holiday Party. We were treated to a great brunch buffet, and then great music as the kids entered with Santa hats and jingling bells!

(You'll notice Evelyn sort of freeze on the entrance..."somebody's in my spot, NOW what do I do?!!")

Getting you all caught up!

Here's a smattering of pix from the past month-and-a-half, during which I have been shirking my blog duties. Here are the highlights and random sampling:

• Fall was beautiful
• We went to the Brunswick Halloween parade- never really enjoyed Michael Jackson's "Thriller" until I heard the marching band do it
• Evvie turned 5
• The kids "helped" me stack wood (in their jammies)
• We trimmed Levi's bangs up
• the kids wore one of each others boots...and thought it was funny
• Levi tried on some of Great Grandma Doris's jewelrey
• Evvie built a tiny snowman with Grammie...
• ...then licked it
• Mama and Evvie got dressed up to see The Nutcracker ballet in POrtland
• We got a new couch and the kids tested it out first

There's your blog post.

18 Month Checkup: Big Boy

At 18 months:
Levi is 25.8 pounds, and that is
at the 70th percentile for weight.

Levi is 33.75 inches, and that is
at the 93th percentile for height.

Levi has a head circumference of 20.5 inches, and that is
greater than the 97th percentile for head circumference.

Leaf Fun

Yup, fall is here.

Rakes, crunchy leaves, crisp air and sunshine.

So much fun...

...and cuteness

Upside Downers

Pretty Kitties

Giant Steps

We headed for a stroll down on Bailey Island on the "Giant Steps"

Peek!

Peek!



Never did get a shot of the Giant Steps. Funny how distracting kids can be. It was a beautiful day at the shore, nonetheless.
If you're dying to see what they look like, click here.

Shoulder-rides back to the car proved to be lots of laughs..and work.

Organic Carrots

Well, we didn't make it to the Common Ground Fair this year, but couple of my generous students offered this organic carrot as a souvenir of their visit.


We discovered at the farmer's market this summer that carrots are MUCH more fun to eat when there's the leaf attached.

(Isn't that the carrot top? Yet we call people with red hair "carrot top". Hmmmm).

Hipsters

They've got the look. Perhaps a brother-sister rock band is in their future?

Floor Scoots

Just a little fun on the floor...

Another Beach Cookout

Not willing to let go of summer, we headed back to Reid with Grammie & Grampa Prince for another beach day and cookout. Evvie climbed the rocks a lot, and this time the clear visibility gave us quite a view.


We clowned on the beach for awhile, then headed back to our favorite spot to grill more corn, weenies, garlic bread and burgers..













Evelyn took a major digger onto an unforgiving rock to nearly cut our dinner off before it began. She's got a golf-ball sized welt, but a positive attitude. Maybe I'll post pics, but right now they just seem sensational. I prefer this quiet and pensive photo instead: