Winter is Here

Winter is finally here in Northeast Ohio.  School is going well and both kids continue to enjoy it.  Rose, now 8, still loves reading and art, and plans to be an astronaut and a teacher.  Jacob, now 6, still loves to cook, and recently his reading ability has exploded.  His new favorite author is Dr. Seuss.  Rose still enjoys Brownies, and now Jacob has joined Cub Scouts and loves it.

Now onto the pictures.

Donating clothes for Girl Scouts

Happy birthday Rose!

last race of the season - run together

COSI was fun...

...even when the fire alarm went off!

helping to clean the animal cages

decorating Christmas cookies

 

we didn't get very good seats for the kids' Christmas concert

 

Happy birthday Jacob!

celebrating Noon Year's Eve

fun with Aunt Becky

this kid 

straight A's!

Cub Scout color guard

Fall is Here, Back to School

The kids are back in school and finally at the same school - St. Anthony's in Lorain.

Rose is now in second grade.  She still loves to read and her favorite subject is still math.  Rose wants to be a teacher when she grows up.  After discussing how the first woman is scheduled to land on the moon by 2024, Rose is determined to be the first woman on Mars.  In addition to school, Rose bridged from Daisies to Brownies late in the summer.

Jacob started kindergarden this August.  He's still adjusting to being in school full-time five days a week but otherwise loves.  He enjoys telling us about his day and the doings of his classmates.  More recently, Jacob has been doing well learning to read, especially Elephant and Piggie books, and has been having us quiz him constantly on sight words - even ones he isn't required to know yet!

a patriotic run around the neighborhood

ready to race!

fireworks are tiring

sparklers!

fore!

Jacob's reward for his first lost tooth

trail running in flip flops

Menchies for another lost tooth

ninjas in training

first day of school

picture day

Girl Scout day at the zoo

fort night at the library

 

 

How tall this fall?  Very.

Still tall this fall

Piggie and Gerald Pajamajam

 

Rapunzel and Flynn Rider

 

sometimes he decides on his own to do housework

 

Halloween Bowling Party