Love,
Craig, Barbara, Dagny, Maxie, & Lily
Category Archives: Family
Busy Kid
This weekend was booked solid with Dagny activities. I already mentioned the Polar Express and her Holiday Show. Then today she had a birthday party in the morning and in the afternoon she had her first ice skating lesson at our old stumping ground, RIT.
We have been preparing her that it’s not going to be easy at first. That she will fall, a lot! She has genuinely been very excited about going. There were no tears, lots of smiles, and laughter. We will mark this as a success.
Barbara
Frosty The Snowman
Dagny had her first Holiday show tonight. We had hopes that Dagny would be a little more “active” in this recital compared to the one from June. She’s been much more excited about dance this year. Now a days she comes home and wants to show us what she has learned. That was never the case last year. She’s taken a new turn, I guess.
But, still we didn’t know what would happen when she got on stage. As I heard the music start up, I really believe I stopped breathing. Then the curtains opened and there was my little girl doing her dance without an ounce of shyness or apprehension on her part. That’s when I started breathing again and a huge smile came on my face. I can’t explain how much pride I had in my daughter at that moment. She rocked it!
The girls. It’s so great that she is taking dance with one of her close friends.
-Proud Ma and Pa
Polar Express
All aboard! Where are we going? To the North Pole of course.
We’ve been waiting patiently for Dagny to be old enough, by our standards, to take a ride on the Polar Express. We are so glad we waited, it was absolutely magical. She was adsorbed in the whole experience, which in turn Craig and I were too just by watching her. We can’t wait to take the ride again next year.
Reading along in the book to the Polar Express story.
Dagny with the Hobo.
Seeing Santa!
Dagny’s time with the big man.
The hug.
First gift of the season!
Barbara
Thanksgiving With A Side of Christmas
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving in Ohio with Craig’s family. We decided to take Dagny to Doodle Bugs in the morning while we packed the car and took care of things around the house. We have done this in the past and find this works best all around. Dagny is able to work some energy off before a long trip and we don’t have to worry about a 4-year-old slowing us down.
The men of the family requested something non traditional for Thanksgiving dinner. Turkey is overrated anyway, but prime rib is not. Yum.
The Johnsons.
Here are my two loves doing the chicken dance. Can I just say how much I love these two.
And, here is my goofy child. She has taken the ham factor up a few notches lately. Love. her.
We got back in town on Saturday, which gave us Sunday to go out and get our Christmas tree. This year we decided that Dagny, and mom and dad, were old enough to truly enjoy the experience of picking and cutting a Christmas tree.
I love this photo that Dagny took of us.
My big girl.
Craig and I surprised Dagny with her very own Christmas tree for her bedroom. She is so excited about having her own. She had a blast decorating it and us watching her.
-Barbara
Bonus Photo: I love this girl so much!
