Hockey game

Just got back from the college of engineering night at the UMass hockey game.  It is late, and we are chock full of sugar!

Mid-Winter in Windham NH

We had quite a few bouts of freezing rain for which school had to be delayed since

the black ice made it so dangerous to drive.

Timmy had an excellent first band concert with his Trombone

Aaron gave an excellent presentation about Germany to his class

Timmy received 3rd place in the state of New Hampshire for a creative stop motion Film entry.

The awards ceremony is, unfortunately, while we are in Florida, but Scott said he will try to attend to receive it for him. :)

Tubing Saturday nights

We always do 2-3 tubing runs at the end of the ski day

 Bella the dog has had her bandage on since Aaron visited the "Teddy Bear Hospital" in Aachen at age 5.  It was time to wash him, so I took a picture before his bandage was removed to remind us of little 5 year old Aaron taking his doggie to the hospital.

Cora enjoying her "Bobble Bitz"

 Cora was excited to get dressed this day.  I loved how her sweater was inside out, her tights backwards, and, of course, the pink accessories. :)

 Little Ollie is almost a year, has started crawling, and standing at the couch and ottoman.  He gets stuck up there though, and needs help to sit down.  He's also gotten to be an expert stairclimber this week too, but again, needs help coming down, as well as a close eye going up, or he tries to stop and sit to rest and would topple down the stairs without supervision. 

Our little man is also eating up a storm now, transitioning from formula to lots of solid food.  He has had two bottom teeth for a few months, and just cut his two top teeth this very week.  

 I had the opportunity to learn sourdough bread from Chef Jaxon two weeks ago.  She got me some starter and gave me a lesson in sourdough, homemade parsley vinegarette, julienne ginger carrots, and perfect brussel sprouts.  So delicious!  We have been enjoying a few loaves of sourdough each week.  They go quick!  Tonight, I am doing 4 loaves at once, and hoping it lasts at least 2 days. :)

 Timnus Falls is back!

The little waterfall in our back yard is flowing fast due to lots of warm weather and melt off this week.  Here's Aaron by the little bridge.  The water is so high - all the way to the bottom of the bridge.

 You can see the beaver pond is melted at the edges here.  No ice skating for us.

 The housing development behind our property is in full swing, and we were informed that there are a lot more houses going up than we had expected.  

About 12 initially on phase one, and 12 more later on a second phase.

On the plus side, they are voting on making some of the land conservation land, which would be really nice.