Time off school means getting to do things we don't usually get to do, such as go ice skating...
go to a white elephant party...
create (with new gifts)...
go to a day off school sports camp from 8am to 5pm with neighbors K & R...
lots of Monopoly games...
a trip to the museum of nature and science...
day camp at M's favorite horse place...
and us girls going to Noodles while the boys went skiing...
On New Year's day we took down all the Christmas decorations, including my beloved Christmas cards and put up Chinese New Year decorations.
One of the things we did in early 2018 was to prepare the first sharing time of the year and that included a trip to Hobby Lobby for supplies. D, M and N declared that Hobby Lobby is the best store in the entire world. lol.
As part of my New Year's resolutions, I am reading a book called Unglued that I am loving. This was one of the quotes I thought about putting on Instagram. It is very rare for me to sit down with a book by myself -- 99% of the time when I say I read a book, it's an audiobook I'm listening to while putting away clean laundry or doing the dishes. I "read" some great books in 2017. Long Walk to Freedom, A Man on the Moon, A Walk in the Woods, 1984, The BFG (with the children), A Man Called Ove, Big Little Lies, The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion, Heartless, The Taming of the Queen, Alexander Hamilton & Oliver Twist were my favorites. My dates may not be exact, but it's an idea of what I listened to last year. There were other books I listening to but didn't make the favorite list: The Whole Town's Talking, Serafina and the Twisted Staff, I finished the 7 Harry Potter books, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, Still Alice, The Boys in the Boat, My Brother Sam is Dead, These Few Precious Days, Hidden Figures; Three Sisters, Three Queens; The Japanese Lover, and Armada.
Our first GS meeting of the year was our cookie kick off. We've have some great plans decided and it was neat to have all the girls together.
I had to include this selfie I found on my phone of K having a play date with her friend Q. She has really enjoyed lots of play dates lately, mostly with her friend C.
And a book recommendation that my children have loved: Old Mother West Wind. This one, I thought, was the best bedtime story to read to children at the beginning of a new year. Here's to hoping 2018 will be one filled with the best thing in the world.
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