Another Recital In the Books

Lion Sleeps Tonight.  Best recital yet!  This video is only a snippet of the performance.

Road Tripping'!

This year for April vacation we went on a family road trip.  First stop:  Pez Factory in CT then straight to the Poconos where we hiked Bushkill Falls.  Then onto Philadelphia.  There we took a double decker bus ride and toured the Penn Arboretum.  Amish Country was our next stop.  We stayed in a real caboose there and took a ride on a real steam train and I got to drive a horse and buggy to a working Amish farm.  From there we headed for Hershey.  It was rainy and cold so we stuck to the store and the trolley tour.  We did get to make our very own candy bars though!  Lastly, we went to NYC!  Our hotel was right on the Hudson River and we took a ferry over to the city.   We hit Times Square and then took a crazy taxi ride to One World Observatory and the 9/11 Memorial.  Being up 1700 feet was pretty freaky but cool.  We were all wiped out by the end of the week!

And Then He Was 6...

Dimitri had his 6th Birthday party tonight. He had 6 of his friends come and celebrate with him.  They loved playing games and the basement and then chasing Dad and Chief in the backyard after pizza and cake! His birthday is actually on Sunday.  

Double Digits

I turned 10 a few weeks ago.  My party was Star Wars themed of course.  We had in at my house and my mom played some party games, we ate pizza and cake, then changed into our jammies and watched Percy Jackson "The Lightning Thief".  I think my friend Eric was the last to leave at 10:15 pm.  It was so fun!

Checking out the candidates...

Because someday I'll be old enough to vote!  We went to see Hillary Clinton and mom went to see Donald Trump.  It was fun to meet the secret service folks and see a former president in person (Pres. Clinton) plus the mom from the movie Elf!  :)

Doing some catching up!!

We have been busy lately having lots of fun.   Dominik has become a pro snowboarder dude and Dimitri is the mad bomber when it comes to skiing.   Plus add in driving snowmobiles and you can say we have had a great winter even though there hasn't been any snow!

Winter Finally Arrived - And we had a SNOW DAY!`

Friday February 5th was our first snow day of the year.  It was fun to stay home and do nothing.   Today we got to go out and play in the white stuff.  It was good for sledding.  Chief had fun running around like a crazy dog too!