Nemo On Ice

On Tuesday we went and saw Disney's Nemo On Ice. The kids LOVED it - since it's one of their favorite movies. Amazingly, they stayed entertained then entire 2 hour show!

Nemo and Marlin.

Dory!

Bruce... the shark!

Shark Bait.... ooh, ha, ha!

Vacation Fun - La Salette

With Steve off of work for almost 10 days, we've been having fun doing some family activities. One night when the temps were not in the single digits - we went to La Salette shrine to see all the Christmas lights (and drink hot cocoa - Izzy's favorite part.)

In front of the nativity scene.

Brrr.... it's cold - but we're still having fun!

Riding the Merry-Go-Round.

Christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! The kids before we head out to church.

Our little family.

Painting on the new easle they got for Christmas.

Emily loves to help in the kitchen, so she got to snap all the beans as we made Christmas dinner.

Then she went to work cutting the potatoes.

Izzy wanted to help too... so she was put to work.

My little chefs!

Bruins Game

Steve's Dad's cousin Wally arranged for a private box/suite at the Bruins game last week. So as many Intrones as we could gather got together to watch the game. Here's one group of us heading up to the game on a party bus.

All the Intrones at the game.

Carol, Bob and Wally - the organizer.

Wuzzy (Bob's Uncle), Douglas (Bob's brother), Wally (Bob's cousin) and Bob.

Our view from the box.

Wally and Steve.

Kids School Christmas Programs

These are pictures from the kids' Christmas programs at their school.

Izzy - on the morning of...

I love Zach's expression!

Zach and Emily's program.

Singing the songs.

Ahhh....

Mom and Emily.

Dad and his son.

Izzy's program.

Mommy and daughter.

Too cute...

Christmas Advent Calendar

This is out advent calendar this year. I stole the idea from a friend of mine. There are 24 socks hanging down the staircase, and we'll take one off each day until Christmas. If the kids are good during the day, elves will leave a treat in the sock overnight for the next day!

Thanksgiving

We had our annual Thanksgiving at the Beach House. This year, Grandpa decided to get the ancient player piano working. The kids were fascinated watching it play by itself. The piano is probably at least 100 years old!

All the rectangular boxes behind Emily are the music rolls. And the closet to the left is filled with them as well. Grandpa says he remembers buying a lot of them back in the 50's - at which time they were already decades old!

It took a little tinkering to get the piano working - since it hasn't been played in years.

Cuddling with daddy.

Feast Day!

The kids celebrated Thanksgiving at school with their Feast Days! Zach and Emily's class were all pilgrims, and Izzy's class was the turkeys. Too cute! They made beef stew, pumpkin bread and homemade applesauce that they got to eat and share with their families.

My little pilgrim children.

And the turkey!