There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in.

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Maggie's letter to Santa

Maggie wrote a letter to Santa to let him know what she wants for Christmas. It reads :Dear Santa. Can I have a Kindle Fire and a squat team. If you don't get to these things then it is OK with me. Have a happy Christmas. To Santa from Maggie who likes you Santa.

Maggie will not be dissuaded from asking for a "Squat Team". I asked the CrossFit guys if they would give us some of their clients to use as a squat team, but I suspect she wants a SWAT team. No idea what one is or what she wants it for. I asked Ben and he thought she might want action figures.

We could both be off on our perceptions, the letter says a "skrottem" and that does NOT sound good!!!!!

Hallowe'en 5K run

Go! St. Louis just posted a video from the Halloween run. Its a fun video and captures the excitement of the event. Also, check out Maggie & me at the 29 second mark!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3vjAa11E8Q&feature=plcp

Friday, December 7, 2012

Ben's band concert

Not bad for 3 months work....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEExpqZKjPM&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i_HkugTgEg&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA&index=2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1fCm_tuxAk&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA&index=3

Gardenland Express

We went to the Gardenland Express exhibit with Arline. It's something that we do every year, part of our Christmas season traditions.

This year, they used some of the pieces from the Chinese lantern festival.

They also had a bunch of these little arrangements. We particularly liked this one because it was a hobbit's hole. Can't wait for the movie to come out!!!!

MUG meet December 2012

Ben had his first gymnastics meet last Saturday. He's now on a level 6 and so his routines are getting much harder. He came first overall and first in 3 individual events. I'm not sure exactly how many boys were competing in his age group and level, but it may only have been SLGC as they were the only ones that got any medals.

Amazingly, he did everything after falling very badly during practice. His coach didn't spot him on his dismount from the high bar when he was supposed to and Ben landed on the floor on his shoulder. Sam took him to the orthopedic doctor a couple of times this past week and they think he had bruised his bone but no major damage. Guess that's his first major gymnastics injury.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lHFfFDINKI&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA&index=1&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnL-hGeGcgY&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA&index=2&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9o6CVa7gtw&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA&index=3&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0A-WFpDZ6w&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA&index=4&feature=plcp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmRzi4PEAh4&list=UUAOWX-wOARFYsMlXtYv82vA&index=6&feature=plcp

Greta's birthday

Goodness, I can't believe that it was Greta's birthday on December 1 and I've only just now got around to writing about it!! She was so excited to get presents. Apparently, they don't have gift bags in Lithuania and so the first thing she did was take pictures of the bags!!!

Arline bought her this unicorn hat for her birthday

We went out to First Watch for breakfast and then we bought a cake at Whole Foods.

She had some friends over at night for a get-together. We had some of her cake before they came over. She had 16 candles and we sang happy birthday to her.

Earlier in the day, she lit a candle that she brought with her and her family sang happy birthday to her on Sype. Ben & Maggie had to get into the middle of it too.