Sports Season

We have been playing a lot of sports lately. Tennis, basketball, baseball, golf, soccer, and football. Especially basketball. We got a hoop and a ball at Target. We are pretending to be professional teams. Right now we are pretending to be the Washington Wizards and the Orlando Magic. This was all written by Ben. I am Alex. I am going to add one more last sentence. It is : What makes sports fun for me is that I am always with my brother.

 

A Cincinnati Christmas

By Ben

We had a Christmas in Cincinnati. Some of our presents were the last ones under the tree !We had a big dinner too ! After dinner and after a little break,we had dessert!Aunt , Karen ,Uncle   Jason,  Evan, and Bret came to    our     house. We also played with the new stomp rockets we got. We also played in the snow!

                                                This is Aunt Karen and us.

                                              This is Evan and Aunt Karen.

                                   This is me and Alex wearing our T-shirts that we got.

                                              This is one of Alex on the sled.

                                            This is Grandpa falling off the sled.

                                                    This is me on the sled.

                                  This is me and my brother falling off the sled.

                                     This is Uncle Jason when he got a new saw blade.

                                            This one I took.

Christmas Day in Baltimore

By Alex

Christmas  Day in Baltimore was  so fun! Aunt Karla stayed over for the night.  I was so excited when we opened presents! I was very very happy when  I saw what my presents were! Some of my favorites were the stuffed skunk, a stuffed goose, a few other stuffed animals, a snowy owl kite, and our new bikes. Many many other people came over for Christmas Day. I thanked a lot of people for my presents. After supper we played a lot with our cousins, Lucy and Eric. There was pie for dessert! Now I am going to stop because I want to play my new game, Ten Days in Africa.

 

                                            

The Day at Lancaster

   

By Alex

All pictures by Alex except one

It was a very fun day when we went to Lancaster on Saturday . We  went to see an opera called  Amahl  and the night visitors .Our dad played the part of a king named Balthazar . Soon we found a parking spot .  First we went to the Prince Street Cafe . Soon we went to the opera . It was very fun and funny . Then we went to the market . It was beautiful .     

      

I took this picture out of the car window.

A Very Fun Day

By Ben, and all photos by Ben

We had a very fun day today! First we went on a hike .Then we went to the Little French Market  for pastry! Then we went to buy a Christmas tree! Then we went back home again . Me and my brother played a bit . I had a lunch of Pink Lady Apples ,Cheese ,Popovers ,and some leftover pastry. The hill was steep ,but the thought of pastry kept me going.  I was so pleased that I got to take the pictures . I really liked taking pictures of all different kinds of things .

By Ben

On Friday, the day after Thanksgiving , we took a  hike in Gunpowder  Falls .With our friends. We hiked all the way to the dam.There we had our lunch.Then we walked all the way back again. Then we drove back home again. I was really tired by the end. I was really proud of myself at the end.
This is on a rock with dam in the distance.                          

This is mostly the same as the last one.

This is at the dam.

This is Isak on a rock.

This is us at the stream.

This is us watching as a fisherman catches a fish.

Editor's Note: The children are now writing the blog themselves.

By Alex

We had a great Thanksgiving! We went to our grandparents' house . Our cousins came too . Lucy and Eric's grandparents came too. Before dinner we learned how to play croquet . Then we made snowflakes.We made beautiful snowflakes ! Soon we had dinner .  It was so yummy! Turkey and stuffing and soup too.  After dinner we got tape and taped up the snowflakes . Soon we  had pie . After pie ,we stayed there for a long time . Soon we left . What a  perfect Thanksgiving for us!

Here is a picture of  our mother and us! Our father took this picture on Thanksgiving morning.