2021, December 6-12

Snow came in to punctuate our activities this week, with more to come. 

Eliza rode a few days, each time on Juneau. She's got great form for her age.  

We hung paper snowflakes on the doors and windows. 

Fergus is no fan of the cold. 

Cold weather came in earnest starting mid-week, which meant it was chilly at Creekside. 

Eliza comforted our poor cold baby. 

Mike got this lovely sweater as a gift from his department. Eliza has decided to make it hers. Hallie is fine with that.

She has a hard time sleeping and then showed up one night made up like this. It's Christmastime, not Halloween, girl! Let's say we are tired, a lot!

We tried catching the kitty doing a blep. Too slow! Can you tell we love the cat! We are going away for the holidays, and we are finding it hard to leave him behind. No one loves him like we do.

Hallie's school has these academic Christmas trees in the library window. Maybe the idea looks better in person or in the set of three, but Hallie thought she should take a picture.

 

On Thursday, we finally got our first snow of the season. For whatever reason Hallie had anxiety hearing that the snow and cold was on the way. She does not like being cold and is afraid of falling on the ice. The weather came regardless of how Hallie was feeling.

Eliza and Dad delighted in it after getting home from his work. 

Later, she and Mom went for her third ride of the week. Note the puff of steam coming from Juneau. It's really cold. This time Hallie stayed for the whole lesson as she came prepped with hand warmers. Eliza started with a warmer jacket and got hot enough she took it off and didn't want gloves. This girl is warm blooded.

The look of a cat who doesn't like snow outside. Sometimes we catch Fergus on the window sill patiently waiting for the snow to go away. Sorry, Fergus! It has only just begun.

"Can I has grass insted?"

Eliza got her hair trimmed and the boys got their ears lowered. Landon definitely does not look like Kevin from Home Alone. No, not at all! He loved it that we and the barber told him he looked like Kevin, but he especially realized it on Sunday night, right before school.

 

Eliza and the neighbor girls constructed a couch to lounge on by the front door. 

Here is a collection of the snowflakes Mike has cut this week. 

 

Saturday started off as a hard day for Hallie and the kids. All the pictures and stories are fun, but sometimes day are hard when you deal with anxiety and depression. Unfortunately. Mike came home from taking the van for an oil change and found Hallie not in a good state but that Landon was able to fill help fill in the gaps until Mike got home. Hallie was able to pull herself together to get Eliza to her haircut. This day was filled with sorrow for Hallie as she joined in on the funeral of a friend she met so long ago. 

"I flexed and the sleeves fell off.": The real reason the Wet Bandits finally gave up. 

On Sunday, we did some Christmas cookie and gingerbread house decorating.  Hallie spent time upstairs doing lots of laundry and cleaning up before we headed off to warmer temperatures. Hallie, Eliza, and Mike enjoyed the sugar cookie kit that Hallie bought at Beehive Bazaar. It is awesome other people have great talents to share with us, and Hallie buys them for us to enjoy them.

 

Only a few more days, and then we're off on a road trip! The boys are excited to build lightsabers and Eliza is going to make her very own droid. Hallie is hoping to soak up the atmosphere. We are so excited to see extended family while we travel.