Christmas Tree and First Snow

Lady Bug Costume

Julia prefers to wear this (which is sized for 12 month olds) instead of a winter coat. After much cajoling and attempts to bribe, we've decided just to accept it.

Stan - you are the man.

We've been reading the Flat Stanley books with Sydney and coincidentally who do we get in the mail but Flat Stanley himself! Olivia, Sydney's 7 year old cousin in Richmond, is doing a project on Flat Stanley. Each student mailed their Flat Stanley to someone they know in the United States. The host family is responsible for providing Stanley with some cultural enrichment. We took Stan the Man to DC to visit the White House and the National Christmas tree. It was a lot of fun for the whole family. Hollis and I felt like we were on a scavenger hunt and I think the girls just thought it was cool to parade around at night with a cut-out of Stanley. We're sending Stanley back to Olivia's class tomorrow with some souvenirs. It was nice having him here, but talk about anorexic!