Madeline was a bit timid at first to try the sled run. But she finally warmed up to the excitement and went on 3 or 4 runs on the smaller snow hill.

This is her best friend at school, Eden, with whom she spends every recess and lunch pretending to be jaguars. I'm glad she has such a sweet friend.

Madeline is truly Mason's best friend. He just loves being around her. But he didn't really care about all the snow; he liked climbing on the big kids' play structure and throwing balls. He did get a run in, though.
Jay came to help shovel snow and at the end of the day he asked Mason if he'd like to sled. Mason agreed (ignorantly) and Jay took him to the top of the taller sled run. They started down and Mason was slipping all over the sled in between Jay's legs. But he loved it!

Mason's smile says it all at the end of the run. When Jay asked him how he liked it, Mason replied, "It was so fun!"

Today was Madeline's Christmas party and Snow day (see pictures in next blog). Basically the Kindergarten's schedule was to have breakfast, play, decorate cookies and then teachers, play, have a visit from Santa, eat lunch, play and then go out to the snow. The kids had a blast!
This was a picture I took of the 3 of us at the party. Mason did a wonderful job of playing along with the kids or just reading books while the kids were busy doing something else. He was also my photographer; he took lots of pictures of the kids, their feet, the floor and the hanging decorations. We need to take a photography class.
This was Madeline's first time to ever sit on Santa's lap (that I can remember). She wasn't scared.
I have yet to ask her what she told Santa she wanted for Christmas, but my guess is that she asked for a doll whose eyes open and close. I wonder if she'll get it! :)
Well, the party is done and we're headed out to the snow. Who's excited?

Christmas performance

Although this picture is quite dark you can still make out our main attraction. Madeline had two lines to say: "Please save your applause until the end. We hope you enjoy our show." She did super!
This is Mrs. McNeil, Madeline's teacher, introducing the play, "The Night Before Christmas," her class will perform.

This picture is of both Kindergarten classes singing. There are about 46 Kindergarteners at Legacy.

This is Legacy's principal, Matt Jackson. He is about my age (30 something)and does a stellar job at running the school. He is committed to seeing the children love Christ most of all, so he's #1 in our book.
I think this picture is darling. Brother and Sister really do love each other!

Kindergarten starts

One of those snapshots of your life: your first child's first day of Kindergarten. Wow. It was fun, it was scary, it was all new but exactly what we expected. Madeline loves school and her wonderful teacher Mrs. McNeil.
Mason kept asking if he could get his backpack and go to school, too. Mom's not quite ready to have him leave the house yet, though.
One of the best days of school was when Gramma went with Madeline and helped in her classroom.
This is Gramma hard at work tracing and cutting those fabulous art projects the kids will work on. Thanks, Gramma.
Before school Madeline likes to play in the sand outside her classroom. I sure wish I could still squat down like that.