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Finally!

I pretty much suck at keeping up with this blog and posting photos! I haven't even really been taking a lot of photos lately which is not like me. I think it's because I've been stuck indoors with the cruddy weather. I vow to take more photos once spring comes around! Here are just a few snapshots, and some Easter egg coloring shots! Both kids pretty much ignore the camera and don't really pose for me, especially Ethan. Anna will occasionally, but whenever she poses, she usually has this crazed look on her face.

Ethan actually really likes to help vaccuum.

Just waking up from a nap...

Anna decided to cut her own hair, now she has some "chunky layers." It will be another 8 months before her hair will be nice again...*sigh*
Here he is building a fort out of couch cushions - his favorite thing to do lately.
Anna the punk rocker, working on my computer...doing designy things.
Can you feel the love?

Anna...can you ever just smile nice for the camera?

Happy New Year!

Christmas Day and Christmas Eve pictures!

Down Candy Cane Lane - 1st Dance Recital

Anna had her very first dance recital on December 9th. She's been taking ballet, tap and tumbling once a week for a while finally made her debut. She did a tap dance to "Teddy Bear for Christmas." She did pretty well on stage, although not as well as she does during class. I think the whole experience was pretty shocking and nerve-wracking for all of them! I have to say she did better than I expected, and even smiled a little while dancing. I had visions of her just standing there and freaking out. My favorite part was when the dance was finished, she skipped off stage waving! (Unfortunately I didn't get a good picture of that part, we were on the wrong side of the stage!)




(Anna is the third from the right)

Let It Snow!

Well with all this snow we've been getting, the kids are certainly enjoying it, and taking advantage of it! We ventured out in the middle of the snowstorm Saturday evening and hit the slopes! The bunny slope to be precise. The kids got an early Christmas present...new skiis! (Well, we bought them used, but they are new to them!)
Anna skied once or twice last year while we were in California for Christmas. Ethan obviously has never skied. (am I spelling that right??) Both of them did fabulously, especially for how cold and snowy it was! I think we have a couple of daredevil athletes on our hands. My photos turned out horribly. It was too dark, the snow was coming down hard, I didn't want my camera getting wet, and my hands were full with kids on skiis.
The second we let go of them, they started taking off down the slope. We just ran along beside them and caught them at the bottom. Anna managed to even stop herself once or twice! When Ethan started picking up speed, he started to panic, but then just laughed as he went faster and faster! Niether of them fell once!

We took a ride to see our friend's new baby girl, Lilly. (Congratulations Tom and Cathy, she's a beauty!!) Tom is a firefighter for the Arlington Heights fire department. He was on duty that day and was nice enough to let us bring the kids to the firehouse for a tour! ETHAN WAS IN HEAVEN! Trucks are the love of his life right now, and to sit in a real live fire truck must have been the highlight of his life. Can you tell by the big smile?? He was SO excited. Thanks Tom for letting us visit!