2007

George and Estelle had fun picking out our Christmas tree.

George played a shepherd in the Christmas pageant at church.

Estelle was Mary!

Estelle lost tooth #3 on January 24. She's lost #4 since then but we still need a picture.

Well, for all those of you who have been asking, I'm FINALLY getting around to posting this blog entry. I was working on it earlier and aol lost my connection so I kind of had to start all over. Oh well. A lot has happened since I last posted ... Thanksgiving, Christmas, John's birthday, George's birthday, Estelle's birthday. Everyone is enjoying winter - as much as winter can be enjoyed.

We've had some snow days away from school, so life has been interesting making babysitting arrangements on those days. We might have more snow tomorrow, which may put a damper on the afternoon's activities - George is supposed to go to a classmate's bowling birthday party and I'm taking some antiques to be appraised at our neighborhood's version of Antiques Road Show called "What's It Worth?"

So far this year my work travels have taken me to San Francisco, Baltimore, Orlando, Dayton, and Kansas City, with a trip to Pittsburgh this week and Chicago scheduled the following week. Especially enjoyed spending time with Laura in KC and eating at my favorite Chinese place, Bo Lings. It was also strange to drive around and see that they're tearing down expensive homes in Mission Hills to rebuild them as more expensive new homes. I thought they only did that in Florida and California!

George's birthday was a dinner party at Spaghetti Warehouse with a sleepover afterwards. He's into his GameBoy, Yu-Gi-Oh cards, computer games, and his new KerPlunk. Come over and play sometime!

Estelle's birthday was celebrated last weekend with the cousins' visiting from Indianapolis. She dragged everyone to the hockey game and ate lots of pancakes. She and Kate played for a long time with Polly Pockets and she's ordered a pair of Heely's ... that should be interesting.

Both of the kids are having a great time in their art classes at the Museum. At school George likes to play Boggle Jr. and is reading this as I'm writing it - quite amazing! Estelle sold over 100 boxes of Girl Scout cookies (thanks for your orders) and is a big fan of Extreme Makeover Home Edition - although American Idol is capturing her attention also.

We're starting to prepare for the Easter Egg Hunt and looking forward to spring. Hopefully it won't be so long until our next update!