Christmas is coming!! (Nicholas)

Christmas is practically here!! We have started buying and wrapping presents, buying food and making plans! It's so exciting now that I have some presents and all the decorations are up in the stores (even though it's not even Thanksgiving yet.) I love being this busy! And I love Christmas!!

Pictures, finally!!

"Fang Face"

"Kipper" at her puppy party

Not too keen to show off her new hat

Ethan's Halloween costume

Mukluks!

cute boy

Winter!! (Bridget)

Forget summer being over...it is now winter! Amazing how short fall is here and how long it's been since we've blogged! Apologies all over the place! Lots has happened since you last heard from us. School is in full swing and going pretty well. We've been able to establish a decent routine even with Ethan in our midst. He can definitely be a distraction from school work, but a good distraction. I've come to realize that entertaining and enjoying a younger sibling is at least as important as any of the kids' school work. If I didn't know that now, I'd be sure to find out soon since we'll have another to enjoy by the end of the school year. Yes, you read that right. Another little one will join us in mid-March.
This month we celebrated Ethan's first birthday and Molly's 7th! I'll get some pictures on here very soon. Next month the kids will all start Nordic Skiing again and Molly will begin violin lessons. The boys have already made some money shoveling snow as we've gotten several inches in the past couple of days. I love the feeling of coziness our house gets when it's snowing outside and we have a nice fire going in the woodstove, soothing music in the background and comfort food in the oven. Aaaahhh. There's nothing better than that.