Tabitha
A Picnic
January is a tough month.
It requires some special creativity. So we had goldfish crackers and seltzer water… in China.
George Eastman House 2018
In looking through this blog, I came upon this entry from 2011.
See Johanna in the stroller? Yeah, that was the last time we had been to the George Eastman house for any reason, least of all the Gingerbread display.
So after CBS we regrouped a bit at home and headed over to see the Gingerbread Display.
We did the scavenger hunt. At first we were sort of laid back about it, then we all got into it and started to really put forth effort to figure it out.
What a difference 100 years makes. Not to mention extraordinary wealth…
She was both pleased and horrified by the animal heads.
Katriel wanted to take a picture of me. At first I balked. I am sleep deprived and underwhelmed by my appearance. Then I thought, “Why, YES! Do take my photo with my family.” Sometimes doing life tired is beautiful. Rest is good – very good. But sometimes digging into reserves to give more is a gift you can give.
So glad we went; it was the last day of the exhibit for another year!
An RGH Christmas
My friend Jamie encouraged me to bring the girls to RGH for the Christmas party.
Tab, Hanny, and Katriel joined me for pizza, air brushing, and Santa.
Jamie’s five and three of mine.
Youth Group Christmas Party
It was a really busy day. But there was no better way to end it than to celebrate the season with a Christmas party for the youth group. We’d spent the fall walking through Jesus’ early ministry and the book of John and this time was set aside to be silly together.
The theme of the annual Youth Group Christmas Party was Your Favorite Movie or Song. Despite the fact we’d had weeks to prepare it was in the last few minutes before the party that we threw together costumes.
As the minutes ticked by, we came up with these:
Tab was Max from How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
I was a Who from the same movie.
Marie was the mouse that the Grinch didn’t leave enough crumbs for.
Nigel paid homage to his Grinchy friend.
I wasn’t the only Who.
Our friend Megan created this beautiful set of wings and wore bells in tribute to It’s a Wonderful Life.
We played a bunch of games and ate like junk food kings.
CBS Christmas offerings
Another year of CBS blessings, as the students gathered to sing praises to God for His indescribable gift of Jesus.
Johanna and Katriel majored in enthusiasm. And my images pretty much stunk.
I guess I was too busy enjoying the singing.
Seeing things through…
Tabitha’s SK team did not make it into the top four. But in this league, the bottom four get to play into the post-season against one another. I love this.
It poured and poured and poured. It was cold, as well.
The rain was driving at times and it even hailed for about 10 minutes. The students were allowed to wear sweatshirts and mittens and they worked really hard.
Daddy made it by the second half, and our friend took this rare photo of Mom/Dad/one kid. I hope it blesses Tab as much as it blesses me.
And I love memories like these.
Mini Knights photo shoot…
Finally had a day where we had sun and both girls and it wasn’t a minute too late!
Marie’s post-season game today was to determine if they would advance to the championship game.
Tab is still playing in-season games.
It was a divide and conquer day.
Dad and the boys went to cheer Marie on; Mama and Tab headed over to Rochester School for the Deaf. It was brisk and cold and I stopped by to say “Hi” to the Genesee River.
Tabby got her first goal today, on what is her half-birthday!
We headed home c-c-c-c-c-o-l-d with a quick stop at Dunkin’.
Daddy Fun Day
Daddy took a half day while Mama took Marie to soccer in Elmira.
Daddy, Tabitha, Johanna and Katriel headed over to Long Acre Farms for a few hours of silly fun.
Of COURSE fried cakes!
They bounced themselves silly; Marie won her game. And fall marches on.
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