Skiing/snowtubing

We had a blast on our mini-snow-vacation. We went up to Whitetail Resort (only 1.5 hours from our house) and skied one day, snow-tubed the next. Much family fun.

JibJab holiday fun

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Karla made this silliness on JibJab.

Katie's solo--actual performance

Winter Concert performance, solo by Katie. It actually turns out to be more her song, because her mike picked her up more than the rest of the chorus. Check out the fun "candlelight" effect, too.

Katie's solo from the Winter Concert (dress rehearsal)

I'm so proud of my daughter. She rocked this solo (and the lyrics are SOOOO Katie!) Check out the video on Facebook.

Terra Cotta Warriors & Snow

Today we went down to National Geographic's Explorer's Hall to see the Terra Cotta Warriors exhibit. The kids and I really liked it (although it was really crowded.) Unfortunately, you couldn't take pictures in the exhibit. They had a reproduction statue you could touch and take pictures of outside the main hall.

It was snowing steadily by the time we got out of the exhibit. Katie had fun watching the snow fall out the Metro window.

After the exhibit, we went to church to practice the dance that Nic, Katie, I, and 5 others will do tomorrow for both services. The topic this Sunday is the Jewishness of Jesus, so we're doing a kind of Jewish dance. I don't know if anyone will video it tomorrow, but if they do I'll post it. I took the picture of the snow out the sanctuary windows.

Nic Makes the News Again!

Now the story is in the Columbia Flier, and Nic's picture is, too.

Nic Makes the News

A newscrew from WJZ Channel 13 came to Longfellow to interview the kids and teachers about the Technology video. Nic had two video/sound bites in the story. I think it's very cool!

Click here or on the picture above for the news video.

Click here for the Technology video.

Last Day of Fall Soccer

We're kinda glad soccer is over for this season. Two games today--they won the first 6-0, and tied the second 1-1. That's an OK way to end the season.

Technology!

Nic & Katie helped their school make a video to try to win $30,000 worth of technology stuff. Nic has a voiceover solo. It starts at "If we got gear from Interwrite..." and you'll see both N&K throughout the video.

Their entry is below. Click on Technology! or on the picture above.

Technology!

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Lego Santa

There's a new Lego Store in Arundel Mills Mall. We went to the grand opening on Saturday.

Wilde Lake HS Regional String Festival

Katie & Nic were part of a combined strings concert Tuesday night. Kids from Longfellow Elementary, Bryant Woods Elementary, Clemens Crossing Elementary, Harpers Choice Middle, Wilde Lake Middle, and Wilde Lake High schools played a lovely concert. I took video of just the songs my kids were a part of. They played with all the other elementary schools for the first two numbers, the MS students played 2 songs, the HS students played 2 songs, and then everybody played the final number.

Happy Strings!

Warming up beforehand.

Scales in the warm-up room.

Excited to go play!

Dr. Shumway, the HS music director, introduces the evening.

Song #1: Morning Lights, by Brian Balmages (video here.)

Song #2: Rhythm 'n Blues, by Soon Hee Newbold (video here.)

Combined Orchestra song: March of the Meistersingers, by Wagner, arranged by Sandra Dackow (video here.)

More halloween pix

Nic's pumpkin

Katie's pumpkin

Owen, Nic, Shannon, Katie, Sammi

Shannon's pumpkin

Halloween decorations

Jack Skellington on the front porch, and (l to r) Shannon's, Katie's, and Nic's pumpkins.

Riding on Halloween

Some pix and movies from Katie's lesson today.

Youth Group Costume Party

Lots of fun had by all. It's still hard to believe N&K are old enough to be in the Youth Group now! The 3 foiled-up kids were part of a "make a statue" game we played. The movie is of a Tootsie Roll Toss race.

Soccer

Perfect soccer weather. 68°, cloudy skies, fall foliage, spritz of rain, and Nic's team won!

Game night with the Grandparents

Fun night playing games on Grandma and Grandpa's last night here...

Leaf Pile!

Nic & Katie made a leaf pile (with a little help from Grandma, Grandpa, and Dad.) They had fun jumping in it with Mikey from across the street.

Katie Canters

Not for long, but still...

I like her "That was awesome!" at the end.

Rainy Soccer Saturday

I just liked this picture. The game was rainy, but Nic's concentration is evident.

Braces!

So it starts...

Nic will get them in a year or so.

10th Birthday Party

Nic's & Katie's birthday is this Tuesday, but we had a party today at ShadowLands Laser Adventures. 12 kids (+1 older sister who wanted to play) had a fun two hours of Laser Tag, pizza, and cake. How 'bout that cool dungeon motif? And Katie is purposefully holding the gun backwards in the first picture-just to be silly.