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Friday, January 27, 2017

Wednesday, January 25, 2017

Chef Benjamin

Benjamin received a cooking set for Christmas and has been treating us to a series of meals, snacks, and treats!

prepping chicken drumsticks for lunch

strawberries for a yogurt split

chocolate cherry granola with yogurt... delicious!

Monday, January 23, 2017

Poetry Teatime is one of our favorite activities this year. We try for once a week but realistically it happens more like once a month. We pull out the tea set, make some hot chocolate and citrus tea, pile up some poetry books and read to each other. Before all the Christmas and holiday decorations were cleared away we snuck one more celebration in!

in case the previous photo gives the impression of a fancy, sedate affair!

Ben extending his pinky... as he insisted was the proper way to drink tea (as seen on youtube!)

and Julia's proper tea drinking pose!

Sunday, January 22, 2017

Plunging into 2017

Andrew lost his mind this year and joined in for our (becoming) traditional New Year's Day Plunge into the ocean!

appropriately dressed.

ummm... maybe not so appropriate?

the sisters that plunge together...

post-swim selfies!

Welcome 2017!

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Ringing in 2017

We counted down to 2017 with a day of fun. Making chocolate mousse, exploring our back woods, playing balloon ping-pong, learning about wild animals with a new Youtube channel (Breaking Trail); it was a busy, family centered day!

Crossing our river

explorer

sticking your tongue out really helps!

service, Benjamin

scheming on how to beat mom

Flutist #1

Flutist #2

This year: I want to play word games, keep my room clean, be better at golf, and learn to write in cursive ~ Benjamin

This year I want to: move up in swim, go to Sea Glass beach (in CA), be better at swimming, learn to cook spaghetti without help ~ Julia

this year I want to: go on a big family vacation, get more exercise at recess, be better at being more patient and playing the violin, learn how to do a back flick in fencing ~Andrew

This year I want to: go on a family vacation, do yoga regularly, spend less time on Facebook, be better at playing more games, getting outside more often, and learn how to crochet ~ Lyss

Friday, January 20, 2017

Sibling Love

For all their squabbles, Julia and Benjamin are incredibly close. For Christmas, Benjamin knew weeks ahead of time what he wanted to get for Julia. Here is the big reveal... finally!