SkiCats

Not surprisingly, Ida's the girl in pink, and SkiCats was a huge hit!  :)

Random winter fun

The beginning of February meant the start of another session of swim lessons.  Henrik has taken to the water like a fish.  Floating (on his own) on his back for longer than mom can currently, floating for brief periods on his stomach and even a little bit of "front crawl".  Ida has progressed significantly as well and is starting to show a little more courage in the water every lesson. 

 

We also attended Science Night at St. Christophers.  It was a huge hit with volcanoes erupting, balloon races, bubble blowing experiments, "dry snow" and worms that changed color.  All in all a fun night!



 

Ida went to her 2nd Valentine's Day tea, this time meeting up with her buddy Ellyana for tea, snacks, treats and lots of fun!

The UP 200 was a cold, but fun evening.  The dogs were excited and the mushers ready for the grand start in downtown Marquette.  Thankfully we were all dressed for the weather!



 

Chad took a trip down memory lane when we visited his old neighborhood to enjoy some snow caves/tunnels built by one of his childhood neighbors.  The tunnels were amazing and clearly a lot of work had been put into building them!

Look who turned 40!

Happy (belated) birthday handsome!  Welcome to the 40 club!

12 Days of Christmas (or so)

The holiday season started with a small party and and visit from Santa.

 

Poor Henrik misplaced his "wish list" at some point in the evening and went frantically looking for it while Santa was calling his name to give him a gift.  By the time Henrik made it to Santa's lap, he was sobbing because he couldn't find his list.  Even after finding it, he was still upset.  Not your typical "crying on Santa's lap" reason . . . it was a bit funny, but heartbreaking at the same time.

A few days later we had enough snow to sled in the front yard.  This typically only works for early snow, before the snowbanks create a "cliff" drop into the road.

Yum . . . gingerbread cookies!

Christmas eve before heading to church.

And then the fun of Christmas morning!