Lukas' first ski

We finally made it up to the mountain with Lukas  - Merry Christmas!!

Lukas had a fun time with Instructor Brad

Charlie is getting his ski legs again quickly this season

Charlie, Lukas and Dad headed up the slopes

Here is the video of the first family ski session (minus Mom who was videoing)

Lukas' favorite part of skiing with the hot cocoa to warm up!

 

Big like Daddy

Lukas wants to be big like daddy and decided he needed to shave too.  It won't be too long before he'll be doing this for real.  (sob)

 

Sliding

The joys of a two story home.



He got going pretty fast!

Dress Up

Today, I just have some random pics of the boys dressing up for your viewing pleasure.

The knight getup was from today - after reading a story about a knight and a castle.  We were pretty proud of our makeshift sword.

This sweet picture of Lukas was from school - the week they were learning about fire safety.

Just had to share!!

More snow play

On day two of the storm, they perfected their sledding techniques.  By the end of the day they had mastered:

tandem,

single,

taking out your brother as they are walking up the hill,

and the occasional face plant that may, or may not, have been done on purpose.

Snow Play

Our first snow storm hit!

On day one they perfected their snowball making,

snow dancing,  

and, of course, snow angel making.

O Christmas Tree

We finally decorated our Christmas tree!

Notice who's helping (or not)...

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!!

First Belt

Charlie tested for his first belt in Taekwondo on Monday.  He did a great job!

Ready Stance

Some of the testing sequence

 Receiving his Orange/White  belt

Christmas Tree Lighting

A cold and brisk night for the Christmas Parade and Tree Lighting.  It's officially puffy jacket season.

This year had some different parade participants so it was great!  Here are some of our favorites:

Lukas waved at most of the floats as they went by - what a cute little spectator!

He kept his eyes glued on the parade so as to not miss a thing! Charlie was most interested in the candy that was being thrown.