Lunch with These Clowns

No school at Crisafulli today, thanks to a power outage and malfunctioning boiler.  The kids aren't too broken up about it.  Bree's at a friends house, so Aiden had friend over to maintain "fairness".  

Purple Belt Promotion

Way to go, Bree!  So proud of you.

Voila!

And it's done!

Mary Poppins

It's a girl's afternoon with these two cuties.  First lunch at Chipolte....

....followed by my cousin Johanna's final performance of Mary Poppins at The Waring School.  She graduates this spring.

I guess they really enjoyed the play, because the girl chose to watch the original Mary Poppins movie this evening.  :-)

Engine Building

Aiden finally found some downtime to embark upon this cool engine build that he got from Nan & Pop for Christmas.

Muggles!

Ninja Warriors

We can finally check this off the bucket list.  My future American Ninja Warriors have been BEGGING to check out Gymja in Woburn.  So here we are, at last!  I gravely underestimated how beaten up the kids would be from this self-inflicted workout.  Aiden had to skip out on his evening Taekwondo class tonight due to soreness and wounded palms....  LOL!

Let's Do This!

Last day!  Sadly, we didn't get to ski with Joe Joe this weekend.  He took a spill on his first run on Saturday, and ended up with a concussion.  :-(  Here's the rest of the crew, though.

Happy 7th birthday to this guy, today!!  We love you, Liam!

What A Day

Doesn't get much better than this!

Picturesque view from the top of Sugarloaf.

We left them to their own devices for a short while, so Sean & I could take one more run from the top.  Getting so independent!  It's a little scary, I must admit.....

Don't let the sunshine fool you.  It was a cold one out there....  Warming up with a little hot cocoa break at Bullwinkle's.

Investigating one of the fun little huts along Moose Alley on our way back to the condo.

Quality Cousin Time

Hitting the Slopes

Took us a while, but we're finally getting some use out of the ski rental this year, with our annual trip up to Sugarloaf.  Amazing conditions, after a full day of snow yesterday!

Last Class Party

I had the pleasure of running Aiden's last ever elementary school party today.

Happy Valentine's Day!

"Don't Break My Heart" - team relay passing tissue paper hearts down the line.

Mrs. Ford's 5th grade class. <3

Girl Scout Cookie Badge

Meanwhile, these two are prepping for their Girl Scout Meeting today -- tracking the troop's cookie sales progress in order to earn their Cookie CEO Badge.

Rise & Shine!

Mrs. Sperry always puts out quite the breakfast spread on sleepover mornings.  Looks like everyone except Anne had a great time!  Hahaha!

Sleepover!

We rescued Elizabeth from the boy party.  She's ours for the night.  :-)

Happy Birthday Andrew!

Regionals!

Last meet of the year of these kiddos.  We'll continue to practice, though, until summer season begins.  (Aiden was busy with other adventures this weekend - birthday party and Pinewood Derby, and wasn't able to participate in meet.)

STEM Fair

The Crisafulli STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) Fair was this evening.  Looks like we've got one science minded kid, and one engineer.

Bree and her friend, Elena, tested various materials to help remove oil from water.

Aiden created a model "ninja warrior" swing with a built in mechanism that's intended to return the swing to the beginning of the obstacle for the next contestant.  

Thanks, Nan!

Cozying up with a brand new book from Nan that arrived in the mail today. :-)

Swim Your Own Age Meet

Hanging with the Rodgers kids from Concord at today's meet.

Dress Up

Love that they still play dress-up when they get together.  Here's a little throwback.  

Coldest Cookie Booth Sale EVER!

Touring the New Fire Station

Bree's Girl Scout Troop had a tour of the town's brand new fire station this evening.  It's pretty sweet!