Christmas Pagaent

Every year the Holderness School does a Christmas pageant durning the schools regular Thursday night Chapel....all the faculty kids put the pageant on for the Holderness Students.  This was our third year and all the kids are getting older and the pageant is smoother and smoother.  Mabel and Hannah we angels.

Thanksgiving in VT

The girls and I headed over to my parents for the week of Thanksgiving.  We had a great time and the weather was amazing!  No snow yet but we are dancing!  

 Mabel with the pilgram doll

 Mabel and Opi on a beautiful sunny afternoon walk.

 I love this picture.....heaven to me.

 Hannah has been doing a lot of jumping lately and is getting good.  Here she is in action!

 Happy the jump went well!

 We found another great park to play at in Manchester.

 Yes those are skis.....we are super excited.

 Mabel and our buddy Graham at the skatepark.

 Thanksgiving ice cream party!!!!  Does it get any better!

yum.

Fall....Bring on the snow!

Holderness Halloween

 Most of the younger Faculty children......Fun!  Just missing the two 5 month olds!

Ok.....here they all are.....two little babies in the front.

 Princess Mabel and Beezey being Beezey!

 These two loved the camera set up.

 Mabel and her Prince Ben.  Ben not to sure about all the costumes until the trick or treating!

Scary!

Yay Hannah!

It's official...Hannah is potty trained and we all couldn't be more happy!  Don't get me wrong we still wear a diaper at night but that's easy!  Otherwise we are rolling here at HOL...DER...NESS.  Hannah loves to do this cheer lately as we watch a lot of the Holderness sporting games....the funny thing is she only says the NESS part and is so proud!
Mabel and Pat are off to school each Monday, Tuesday and Thursday and Hannah and I have been busy on those days getting errands done, visiting the library, walking and hiking and some days staying close to home.  I love the schedule and I think the girls do to.  Mabel loves school and lights up every morning I tell her that is a school day for her....though she doesn't seem to mind the days home with Hannah and I either....I guess it is a good balance.  Mabel is really riding her bike now with confidence and learning to brake and has 90 percent mastered starting without a push.  Hannah is not far behind on the Skuut bike too.  We love biking and next Spring and Summer is going to be FUN.

At least 2 days this Fall we have been home all day which is nice as it is busy busy living on a high school campus.....not one step out the door....it's nice and the girls love being at home...they play well together and wow there imaginations really take them all over the map......well yesterday was one of those two days and after dinner we did get outside for a walk on campus in the dark....it was fun and the girls were running running running.  

 Hannah sitting up on the counter of our kitchen....a favorite place to eat, watch the world go by and help us cook!

 I bought two bags of play sand the other day, which wasn't easy as it is the "end of the play sand season" but boy'o boy what a great investment of fun.  

 Yay we found the cows at the Sandwich Fair.....the animals were a hit as usual.

 Oh yeah and the merry-go-around!

 Yup that's a double pooping reading situation...their too funny.

 Always trying to get a "normal" picture of these two.

 These 8 friends always get along great.....this after lunch gathering was warm, sunny and FUN.

 Here I am riding my bike.

 Making necklaces with the bead kit Tessa and Aven got Mabel for her birthday.  I do try to keep clothes on these girls but somedays are easyier then others!

 More Merry-go-around!

Well there looking and smiling!

Birthday, Biking and Soccer

We had a great week last week.  Mabel turned 4 on Sunday and we had a great day...my parents came over and we had a party with friends up at the OB cabin on the xc trails here at Holderness.  Saturday Mabel played soccer.....as you can see she is on the yellow team!  She had a great time.  Yesterday she rode a 2 wheel bike and who know what will be next!  It's been a big month for us so far!

Mabel and her good friend Haley.

Balloons and presents....does it get any better!

Happy Birthday Mabel - Cinderella Legos was her wish!

Yup believe it or not she is 4.

Birthday breakfast.

Gran and Opi came and sang and we all enjoyed brunch at the dining hall. 

Birthday muffins for Mabel to take to school on Monday 

Party!

Cake!

Friends

A friend on campus gave us a 12 inch bike and Mabel rode right away on it no problem!  Very cool!

This is another picture of Mabel in front of her school on her first day.  I've been meaning to post it.