Around Our House

 We've started reading Harry Potter as a family. Paul reads it, and we all love listening.

The kids' school had activities for Read Across America Day. We walked over to the school and read books in the library and then went out and got Kona Ice. The line was really long, and so the kids went and played with their friends on the playground and I waited in line and visited with a friend. The weather was beautiful that day, and so it was a great way to spend the afternoon.

We got a new picture of Fahima. It's always exciting to get a new picture.

Tessa was able to pet-sit a cat named Tiki. She is Roxanne's daughter's cat, and she stayed at Roxanne's house while their family went on a trip. 

She went over twice a day to fill her water and food bowls. She does such a great job of taking care of these animals.

Damon liked to come along and see Tiki too.

Damon is officially a Word Wizard! He passed off all his words and phrases for the year. Great work Damon!!

We went to a benefit concert at the high school that supports the Life Skills kids. It was a really fun night with some amazing musical talent. The kids each ran into a friend from school and so they all had a friend to sit with. It was a fun night!

I took the kids to hike Upper Falls. It was so good for us to get outside even though it was cold. The kids complained about going, but once they were there they had a blast. They immediately started a snowball fight.

They wanted to stop for a snack break. :)

It was pretty slippery right up by the falls. Tessa didn't want to get too close.

When we got back down to the shack the kids had a snowball fight over the top of it. They each had a different platform and had a great time trying to hit each other.

And the snowball fight continued the whole way back to the car. :)

That night we had a game night with Katie & Ben, Audrey & Jason, and Al & Keith. We all had fun trying out the Virtual Reality game that Audrey and Jason brought.