Some of the fun things we did during Christmas break:
Sunday, December 19: Take it easy
Miriam reads Christmas books to Winnie in front of the fire.
Wednesday, December 22: Go to the Artitorium
Ana and Bekah make a stop motion video while Miriam watches.
Winnie on the kaleidoscope screen.
Wednesday, December 22: Grandpa-Daddy-Daughter Date
Grandpa Dennis gives Rebekah shooting instructions at the gun range.
Bekah and Seth enjoying Arctic Circle shakes.
Monday, December 27: Duck hunting
Miri, Bekah, Peach and Seth in the truck and ready to go.
During the actual hunting part. Peach was squirrely. Seth brought home two ducks. Grandpa Dennis and Cooper also went hunting, but they can home empty-handed.
Wednesday, December 29: Watch Spiderman: Far from Home at the theater
Not pictured. It was dark in there anyway. And the two girls who sat next to me were ridiculously loud until Seth kindly asked them to keep it down. But the movie was very enjoyable. Everyone else in the packed theater seemed to think so, too.
Thursday, December 30: Mommy-Daddy-Daughter date
Miriam paints a gnome ring dish at Possibly Picasso.
Our ceramic creations: Miriam and her gnome (dubbed "Matrix Gnomenclature Gnomenfoot the Subway Gnome), Andrea and her spoon rest (dubbed "Sunny McSpooner"), Seth and his geometric fox (dubbed Jamie Musstard Gas Foxx).
Friday, December 31: New Year's Eve
Winnie and Andrea ice skating. Andrea thought it would be novel and fun to have the whole family go ice skating. So did half the population of Idaho Falls. It was certainly novel for our family. In fact, there's a good reason we don't regularly go ice skating. Poor Miriam (with her bunions), Bekah (with her plantar fasciitis) and Seth (with his high arches) were all pretty miserable in their ice skates.
Playing Hex Casters at the dining room table. We also played Linkee. And ate homemade cheese pizza. We watched about half of The Wizard until things went a little haywire, so we finished up our early countdown to the new year by watching some Centaurworld and retiring at 10 p.m.