Kendal had her well check on the 8th. She is just over 4 ft 7 in. and is 74 lbs. She's healthy and thriving! She was mad at me that she got shots when I assumed she didn't (she lived through it).
We got to celebrate Casey's birthday on the 11th! Since it was a remote Friday he had an easy morning. Casey opened some gifts and got to eat some sausage and biscuits. He was my hero and took Peter to school with him to get some remote learning done / and grading on his part. We had Casey's birthday cake after lunch since he games all evening. Casey chose a chocolate carrot cake (for the most part he chooses a different flavored cake every year : ). I love Casey so very much! He works so hard and puts his all into everything he does. He's the kids' favorite (mine to ; ).
Kendal's basketball tournament ended up getting moved to the same night as Casey's birthday. So I had to leave Alice and Peter with our other babysitter (Disney +) and go with her to her games. She played at 7:00 and won that game!! She played right after for the championship, but the other teams height won out and we just couldn't score / get around the girls so it was a loss. Kendal's team took second overall though; and that is a big accomplishment! She had great season and grew a lot in her skills thanks to hard work and some great coaches that taught her a lot.
Since our Saturday was free Casey took Kendal and Peter to Gemstone climbing with some free passes they got from school. Peter is getting braver and climbed higher than he ever has before and tried out different walls / areas. Kendal challenged herself by going into the harder zone and enjoyed it all! (She's quite a natural, Peter's still a monkey - but he's a monkey with height issues).
We got a few inches of snow last Sunday. The kids played for a bit in it and have sledded with their friends after school this past week. After we helped at the library this past Monday Alice decided she wanted to haul some snow from the school all the way home. (She thought she could build a snowman with it) Yesterday the kids headed out to build a sled "hill" in the backyard with what's left of our melting snow. Alice just ended up muddy from head to toe.
Kendal's piano recital was supposed to be last Monday, however her teacher ended up sick. So all of her students just ended up doing their pieces at home and posting them to her piano Facebook group. We had to do the recording a few times thanks to Alice and Peter's background noise in the other room. Kendal did a wonderful job on her piece. We're proud of her talent!
Peter had his basketball observation on Thursday! He's excited to play this next month!
Unfortunately for Peter our ward "drive through party" was the same night and overlapped his observation. We drove to the church and got a pie and a Christmas story, then we got to see Santa. Alice was petrified and tried to hide from Santa and wouldn't talk to him. Kendal talked to Santa though ( he even promised her a pineapple - hmm - we'll see). As we drove off Alice was upset because Santa hadn't given her her barbie that she's been hoping for. It took a bit of explanation to say he doesn't bring gifts for Christmas. (Time is hard for toddlers.) After Peter was done with basketball we had pie as I read the message (the symbols of Christmas) from the ward.
Casey's had a handful of games this past couple of weeks. Three last week, two this week. He's got a few injured players so they don't win a lot, but it is what it is. This is the season we get to miss Daddy a lot more and sometimes my yw's overlaps leaving the kids at home, but they're troopers through it all.
We've been watching a Star Wars Mandalorian episode every weekend since Halloween! It's been a fun little tradition and something we all truly enjoy! We do a pizza night and eat in the living room and enjoy the show. Even though "baby Yoda" got a name (Grogu) he's still Baby Yoda to us! Last night was the season finale. We've got another year to get our Mando fun in again, but there's other series we'll get to watch this coming year. With Covid / our desire to stay healthy we've limited outings with the kids and many things have been canceled lately so we've watched more Christmas movies this month than we usually do. The kids love it - Their favorites have been the Santa Claus movies!
Today was "Christmas Sunday" It's been hard not to be able to sing and feel the spirit that way. We did have some very nice musical numbers and the messages were very well done! We started a light the world prompt and Read Luke 2 with my parents and Katherine over Skype and are doing it with Casey's family over Marco Polo. We haven't done every light the world prompt. But we try here and there. It's been nice to add to the spirit of Christmas and the good feeling we want this time of year.
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