Beginning our New Year

We are lame. We did nothing for New Years this year. We barely even

stayed up until midnight! 

Dmitri had to mooch off the neighbors fireworks, watching them through

his bedroom window. He invited me to come check them out with him, and

while we were watching, he said, "I wish we had some fireworks too." He 

said it in the saddest voice ever. So maybe we need to plan something next

year! 

We did buy some cider at Costco, but didn't even drink it until the next day... 

New Years day, Daniel decided to take Dmitri on a little adventure. It was

nice, because I laid Paige down while they were gone, and boxed up the 

rest of the Christmas decor. 

They ended up going to a little lake/beach area, that's not too far from us.

It was chilly, so obviously no water fun - but they made sandcastles, and 

collected some firewood. 

Dmitri loves any time that he gets to spend with Daniel, and the beach! :)

 So on Thursday, we were greeted with another rainy day. 

Daniel was back at work, after having 5 days off, so the kids and I invited

some friends to play at a local bounce house. 

Dmitri's good friend Asher came, and they had a good time jumping around

together. Though some of Dmitri's time was spent asking for toys and treats...

But all in all he had a good time! 

This was Paige's first time, and she was not too fond of it at first. There were

a lot of kids, and a lot of kids older than her. After awhile, she got brave, and

started climbing up the BIG slides! However, once she got up a couple of the 

steps, she decided to turn back around, and go back down.

I did take her on one of the bigger slides though. Poor girl! She didn't cry,

but her face while we were going down, wide eyed, and a grimace! xD

She found her little nitch though, too bad it was actually the stairs on the toddler

slide. But, it worked well as a slide for her, so she was happy!

 I think I'll have to bring her back, once schools in. That way she wont have

to deal with the older kids everywhere, and I can bounce with her.

 She'd definitely have a lot more fun!

On our second to last day of Christmas break {he goes back Tuesday},

we went to play with his friends. 

Dmitri is lucky to have some good buddies here. We do a playdate rotation,

and the boys have a good time playing together, at each others houses.

Today Paige and I stayed to play. Paige is not as wild as these boys, but she

liked being in the mix!

I should say it was crazy cold today {and will be colder tomorrow}. Definitely

not our normal Georgia temperatures.

So that was the end of our last official week of Christmas Break.

I'm sad to have Dmitri go back, because even though he's loud and crazy,

he's fun and sweet too! I miss him during the day, but he is so ready to 

go back! He has no hesitations about it, and is looking forward to seeing

his school friends again. 

We are now half way through the school year! Woot woo! Counting down the 

days till Spring Break, and sleeping in again! xP