Thursday, December 30, 2021

December

We managed to fit in a little non-holiday time this month.  Dad was able to go watch Georgia Tech play Wisconsin in basketball.  And we saw Robert Earn Keene play with some neighborhood friends.



Avery (7 years, 4 months) - Avery had a busy month playing with her buddies and coming up with fun outfits for every occasion.  Her class went to see the Nutcracker Ballet and it was such a hit a group of kids in her class got together to put on a performance of their own Nutcracker during recess.  She also grew up a little this month when she requested to get rid of her old twin bed for a Queen and redecorate her room.  She now likes to spend time up their writing in her diary and making videos for friends.

Class field trip to see the Nutcracker
Cranberry Day
Jillian's birthday party at AR Workshop

Parker (10 years, 1 month) - Parker had a quieter extracurricular month than normal which was a nice change of pace.  He wrapped up his Fall Slammers season with a team party and started off-season conditioning. He played in an annual dodgeball tournament with a bunch of his neighborhood friends.  And he got to perform in the Lower School Winter Musical of the nutcracker as a very cute soldier.  Mainly he enjoyed the mild temps and time to play with friends.

Carter (11 years, 7 months) - Carter had his own winter performance with the Lovett Middle School band where he is in his 3rd year of trombone.  He also played in the dodgeball tournament with some baseball friends.  But most of his free time was spent wrestling.  He is practicing every day after school and was able to make 2 meets this month where he came away with 3 wins (2 pins and 1 on points).  He also got to wrestle several neighborhood friends at one meet which was exciting.  


Siblings - Cute pictures of Parker/Avery practicing their dance moves, getting ready to see Carter wrestle and a beautiful day at the botanical gardens.

Super excited to go watch Carter wrestle
Beautiful day at the Botanical Gardens

Saturday, December 25, 2021

Christmas

Christmas was more lowkey than in the past but still a wonderful and magical time.  The kids received everything on their lists and more and we got to see lots of family.  We spent Christmas Eve at Mimi's opening presents and having dinner.  We ended the evening with the Christmas Story and then headed home to get ready for Santa.  Avery took care of setting out the milk and cookies and she made sure to spread some reindeer food in the front yard.  Thankfully it all seemed to work as we were well taken care of by the man in the red suit.  The kids were super excited to open their presents.  We were lucky to get to see Pops and Emme later in the day and have dinner with Mimi.  We ended the evening celebrating with some neighbors and letting the kids play with their new toys.  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!






Friday, December 24, 2021

Christmas Fun

Christmas seemed to come up quick this year but we fit in some of our favorite holiday traditions.  The house was decked out like always with 4 trees and lots of lights.  Our elves AJ and Pickles came back to make sure everyone was behaving and regale us with their antics.  We also got to decorate cookies with Emme and enjoy some holiday lights.







Dad at his company Holiday Party