Legend of Me

January 13, 2018

PROJECT 12M ~ January 2018

This was Evan's first week of Basketball because we were away for the real first week. He loves working with the high school kids!

Go PATS! Ready for the AFC Championship game tonight!

I lost a kid and gained two more! The boys had a fun impromptu sleepover with their friends!

January 12, 2018

January 11, 2018

PROJECT 12M ~ January 2018

David tinkering with his audition piece Broadway Here I come for the middle school musical All Shook Up!

Broadway Here I Come

Shaun enjoying a Giant Cookie at the first week of Ski Club!

Ski Club days are exhausting!

January 7, 2018

PROJECT 12M ~ January 2018

It got as cold as -29 where we stayed. I enjoyed our time away, but next time I want to go somewhere a tad warmer!

Skies cleared this morning and so we actually got to see the spectacular views from our room before we head home and leave this frozen tundra behind (it was - 22 here this morning).

January 6, 2018

The weather is going to freeze us out of any excursions. We decided to take a drive to a nearby town and get some pastries at a the Polish Princess Bakery just to get out of the freezing hotel room! It's so cold outside that our room cannot keep up and so they offered us a space heater! The pastries were delicious and the space heater certainly helped keep us warm! We spent the rest of the day relaxing and even spent some time up in the spa.

When it is so cold that the heat in your room cannot keep up so they give you a space heater...you stay inside and enjoy delicious pastries from a local polish bakery in a nearby town! Brrrrrrrr!

January 5, 2018

PROJECT 12M ~ January 2018

For Christmas I booked us a weekend away up north. It's just too bad the weather forecast for the weekend is extreme cold. Not sure we'll be able to do any outdoor adventuring like we had hoped. We enjoyed a nice dinner on our way up in Lincoln at the Gypsy Cafe. Our meals were yummy, but my favorite was the grilled cheese fondue appetizer. When we got to our room, we had champagne and chocolate covered strawberries waiting for us. It was the perfect start to our weekend away!

Starting our weekend getaway off right!

January 4, 2018

PROJECT 12M ~ January 2018

Snow day #3 - it was very cold and windy - not very much fun for playing outside! They didn't last long!

January 2, 2018

PROJECT 12M ~ January 2018

Recovering from the New Years celebration is a process. Evan had a mini-meltdown at piano and then fell asleep while he waited his turn.

January 1, 2018

PROJECT 12M ~ January 2018

Back in 2012, I started a photographic journal of our lives. For 5 years I posted photo a day; it was my interpretation of Project 365. Not only was it a great way to work on and improve my photography skills but it was a great way to document our daily lives as a family. And while it was a very worthwhile project, it was a major time commitment and a lot of work. Some days finding the "thing" to mark the day with was easy, other days I found myself just making something up. And that sort of defeats the purpose of documenting our daily lives. I decided to scale back last year and try a weekly project and even that proved to be a challenge as it took me well into 2018 to finish (yes this is a back dated post that I'm writing at the end of April!). I don't want to give up on this project completely but posting weekly updates for a week that happened 3 months ago, also defeats the purpose, so I'm going to once again tweak things and see if I can find a happy medium! So welcome to Project 12M. You'll see a post when there is something worthy of posting and documenting and it will be organized by months! With this tweak, my hope is that I'll be able to keep up with it and post on the day the photo was taken but without the pressure of posting every day! Now with that said; HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We love the tradition of our NewYears-A-Palooza sleepover with our friends!

Happy New Year!

Ringing in the new year with the boys for the first time!

After ringing in the new year for the first time and getting up super early with your friends, it's a crash hard kind of afternoon!

The New Years crash!

December 31, 2017

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 52

Week 52: The final week of 2017 was filled with all the traditions that come with Christmas and New Years! It's been a wonderful year!

Sunday December 24th

I love the traditions of this night. Family staying over, luminaries, the new pajamas, reading Twas the Night Before Christmas before bed and waiting for Santa to arrive!

The boys put on a concert with some Christmas songs and other pieces they're learning.

Traditional Christmas Pajamas!

A little late this year, but the annual glowing Christmas tree portrait!

The traditional reading of Twas the Night Before Christmas before bed!

Monday December 25th

A Christmas morning snowstorm, lots of great presents from Santa and family, warm gooey cinnamon rolls for breakfast and time with family. We could not have asked for a more perfect day!

Merry Christmas!

Wednesday December 27th

The Last Jedi!

Thursday December 28th

They're going to pick up the pieces and build a Simpson's Lego House!

Saturday December 30th

We met our Cape Cod family for a Christmas lunch!

Sunday December 31st

Happy New Year!

The End of 2017

December 23, 2017

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 51

Week 51: this weekly update includes Evan's STEM project, Christmas baking, passports and winter weather!

Sunday December 17th

Evan's finished STEM challenge project an Elf Zip Line!

Tuesday December 19th

Have passport will travel!

Saturday December 23rd

The annual making of the neighborhood cinnamon rolls! Delivery got a little dicey when the ice storm came rolling in.

The tree on our street after we decided we'd finish delivering cinnamon rolls tomorrow!

December 16, 2017

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 50

Week 50: this weekly update is all about snow, swimming, first middle school concert, academic achievements and Christmas celebrations!

Sunday December 10

Snow and Swim meets!

SNOW!

Shaun finally earning some ducks by winning his heats!

Tuesday December 12th

SNOW DAY! It ended up being kind of a bust, so we escaped the house for some lunch and to do some Christmas shopping!

Lunch at our favorite!

Silly fun at Target!

Wednesday December 13th

David's first middle school concert! He's playing saxaphone in the band and cello in the orchestra!

6th Grade Holiday Concert

Cello!

Thursday December 14th

Today was the academic achievement ceremony for the 6th grade. David's having a great year so far and he is really enjoying middle school.

Ugly Sweater Baseball League Christmas Party!

My Hostess Partner in Crime!

December 9, 2017

52 Weeks ~ 2017: Week 49

Week 49: this weekly update is Friendsgiving, teaching David some of my quick and easy recipes so he can help with nightly dinners on busy nights, Evan's STEM project and Elf the Musical in a snowstorm!