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Last Week of School & Work 2023!

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We just wrapped up the final school and work (for Dee) week of 2023! The kids both had spirit week/dress up days this past week, and there were fun parties for G, and a holiday assembly for Ava. Kirk Cousins (Vikings QB) was the surprise guest speaker at RHS this week. Ava doesn't really follow football, so when she texted me a few pics during the assembly, she said "The one guy is here. Football" Hahahaha! She mentioned she heard a rumor that SpongeBob was going to be there, but alas, just a pro football player. What a neat surprise for the kids (except for Ava, lol)

I had a few fun events this past week, as well. We had a happy hour/celebration for a completed project at work on Tuesday night, and then my neighbors/book club headed out to the local winery for a cookie decorating event on Thursday evening. I'm happy we don't have a full calendar next week!


Swimming was unexpectedly cancelled on Monday, which was A-OK with us. G has some congestion, so I was going to keep him at home anyways. It's no fun trying to swim with a stuffy nose. It allowed us a more leisurely night with just TKD as the activity.

G's purple belt finally came!


4th stripe on the green belt!


I am taking the week off between Christmas and New Years, and I am very, very excited for it. I really need this downtime to focus on the home and family, and to decompress from the last several months of work. Scott will be working 4 days next week, so no long vacay for him.

George has been a very busy elf, and I'm not sure how he's going to top himself next year!

Sunday, December 17

"Care for a cup of tea?"

Ava really liked this tea set, so she took this...good thing G had no interest in this!

Monday, December 18

"Can you get a hole in one?"

This is so cute...the windmill is a wind-up toy so it spins to make it more difficult to get the ball through

Tuesday, December 19

"Racing towards Christmas!"

For someone who had a massive fear of balloons when he was little, G grabbed this one and took it up to his room, right away!


Wednesday, December 20

"Helping Santa hang Christmas lights is hard work!"

The little lights wrapped around George were perfect...

Thursday, December 21

"Rockin' around the Christmas tree"

...to hang on the larger tree!

Friday, December 22

"My elf curling style is 'merry and bright'!"

This little curling set was a ton of fun to play with...the stones slide so well!


Saturday, December 23

"DONUT you know how much I love you!"


George will only be visiting us for one more night (Sunday), as then he flies home with Santa on Christmas Eve. He was such a fun elf this year, and G loved seeing what he was going to be doing each day!

Merry Christmas to you and yours!

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