Zoom 8 x 8 Show.

Katie had artwork in the Howard County Public School System show called Zoom 8 x 8. The kids zoomed into and out of a picture. Katie did two pictures: a scene with a seeing-eye dog, and a close-up of the dog.

Love my readers

I love my kids. When they get home from school, they do their homework without any prompting from me. Besides hearing the front door, I hardly even know they're home. Today I went into the sunroom, and found them both intently reading a copy of the same Warriors book. (Nic borrowed his copy from Owen & Shannon.) I thought it was cute how they were side-by-side on the couch, engrossed in the same story.

Kids' reports on Holidays

The kids were given an assignment to do an oral and written report about a holiday they don't celebrate. Katie got Yom Kippur; Nic got Day of the Dead. Here are some movies (sorry about the poor sound quality.)

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.