November 10-17

Winter is truly here! We had enough snow & ice last year that we're not quite ready for the snow to be here yet. But it is!

Monday, we woke up to snow on the ground. Schools just a few miles north of us were cancelled because of the snow. We had school, but unfortunately, our first week of Science Explorers was cancelled due to the weather.

Hannah did get to enjoy some time playing in the snow and trying to build a snowman, but it was already too cold for the snow to stick together.

Hannah wanted to get out and play in the very first snow of the year

Mom & Dad told us that we could have our very own Christmas trees in our bedrooms IF we cleaned off our windowsills. So, we worked really hard to clear off our windowsills and clean up our bedrooms.

We also had to take the time to call our aunt Dani to wish her a happy birthday! 

We LOVE being able to have our own Christmas Tree in our room. We love the lights, the decorations and the Christmas spirit.

Hannah's Christmas tree in her bedroom

Noah and his Christmas tree

We only got a few inches of snow on Monday, so Tuesday & Wednesday were back to normal. Play outside for school, come home, homework, supper, etc.

We were excited to get ice cream sundaes on Wednesday night as our special treat. We had a lot of fun adding M&Ms, oreos & toppings to our sundaes.

Ice cream sundae time!

Ice cream sundaes and fun with his sister

Mom says it makes her heart smile when we laugh & joke and have fun together - as long as we don't make a big mess! :-)




Friday night was supposed to be the school carnival, but they had to cancel it because they didn't have enough volunteers to make it work. We were bummed, but Mom & Dad suggested we go to movie night at church! So, after a trip to Target (to buy a birthday gift for a party on Saturday), we got ready to go see "Planes: Fire & Rescue" It was a good movie. And, it's always fun to see our friends at church!


Saturday, Noah went to help daddy run errands in the morning while Mom & Hannah wrapped Hannah's best friend's birthday gift. After dinner, Hannah left for the birthday party while Noah put together yet ANOTHER puzzle. Yes, he LOVES puzzles!

While Hannah was watching Frozen, decorating cupcakes and making snowman crafts at her party, Noah was working with Daddy on his Cub Scout requirements. After working for 45 minutes on Cub Scout reading, he helped Daddy put plastic on the window while Mom drove through the snow to get Hannah.

We weren't home long after Hannah came back before going to Waconia for a surprise birthday party. Lots of friends we knew were there, and we weren't ready to go home at 9, but Dad knew the weather was bad so we needed to head home. Of course, he got us home safely and we were tired out after a busy day!

Sunday, we went to Sunday School, then Mom took us to Half Price Books. She gave us each money and a coupon so we could buy our own books. We each picked out an activity book and immediately came home and started reading them and working on them!

Typical scene after a trip to the library or bookstore...

After a lazy afternoon of reading, playing & puzzling, Hannah helped Mom get a start on Christmas cookies. They made one kind of cookies (our favorite kind - funfetti cookies). Mom thinks we're going to freeze them for Christmas - we're not sure they'll last long enough to be around at Christmas time!

Trying to get a head start on Christmas cookies this year.

We're looking forward to our last full week before Thanksgiving week. It's going to be cold - we're not looking forward to the cold. But, we're looking forward to seeing friends again at school this week.

Have a great week!
Noah & Hannah