7, 4 and New Hampshire

Addison and Mya are staying busy these days - school work, gymnastics, Awana, piano, friends and playtime - I rarely hear that they are bored!

Miss Mya is quite the girly girl. Love tutus, leggings and her shiny black boots. She does not enjoy wearing jeans. Ever. Except jeggings. Most days she enjoys doing schoolwork. More than anything, she wants to be with Addison and therefore, wants to do school like her big sister. On the letter of the week cirriculum, we are on the letter S. She is excited to almost know all her letters and she thinks as soon as we get to Z, she will know how to read.

Loves gymnastics, just like her sister. Is really ready to do a cartwheel.

LOVES her hair. Wants it to be even longer. We have come to the agreement though that if she can't keep it brushed, than we will cut it.

Is a pretty good eater. Her dad sometimes buys Cherrios. She loves nothing more than a bowl of cereal and milk. Is very good about trying new things, but quick to let me know if she doesn't like it.

Still naps on occasion. Always has quiet time during the day, but only falls asleep if she has had a long day.

Is the only girl in her preschool coop class and absolutely loves it. She is like the mother hen.

LOVES going to Cubbies each week.

Is simply hilarious. Always keeps us laughing.

Mya and Addison on a recent field trip to Bricks for Kidz.

Lego League at Co-Op.

Addison is growing up. Wow. Love watching her grow into a young lady. I have enjoyed watching her grow in her faith. She got her first Bible for Christmas and it is already a treasured possession. She is learning more each day about her walk with the Lord and I love seeing her learn and talking through things with her.

Her favorite part of the day is when we lay in bed with her at night.

Seems to be enjoying school. School is certainly not a battle with her, but unlike her mother, she doesn't always get excited about it. If socializing were a subject, it would most certainly be her favorite. She definitely thrives on being around people. Thankfully our schedule gives her plenty of time to do that. She loves art and has a gift for drawing. We are working on getting her some formal art lessons. Her reading has improved so much in the past few weeks.

Still enjoying gymnastics. Probably does 100 cartwheels a day - hallway, co-op, commissary, church....you name the place, she has probably done a cartwheel there.

is coming a long with her piano playing. This is the subject I struggle the most with helping her. Not sure why. Thankful for her piano teacher - Danielle! She just started using the pedal, which apparently is a big deal. :)

Loves dance parties. Anywhere, anytime.

Loves all things American Girl.

Has a distinct fashion sense. Unlike Mya, most of her life, she has generally worn whatever I have laid out with no issues. Obviously now she picks out her clothes most days. Why do kids love to wear the same thing everyday?? Thankfully most days she's home and it doesn't really matter.

Addison proudly took home the trophy for the 3rd fastest car at the Awana Derby this year.

We had a ski week planned last year, but our girls got the flu. Since it was the end of the season, we rescheduled for President's Day weekend. Driving 6 hours to go skiing, when you live on a ski slope didn't sound so silly when we were going for a week. Going for a weekend probably wasn't worth it, but we made the best of it.

The girls were excited to go skiing for the first time. Even though we live on a ski slope, with Chad's knee surgery, he has been out of commission most of the winter. His work schedule and our busy weeknight schedule also doesn't leave a lot of time to take them here. Lucy and I don't ski which means we hung out in the ski lodge! We were hoping for more than 1 day of skiing, but where we were staying, they closed the hill at 4PM (no lights). The last morning we were there, we were hoping to get at least 1/2 on the hill, but Chad had an emergency at work and spent all night and all morning on the phone/computer. Plus the windchill was around -25, so it was too cold to have the girls on the hill.