ice

It was around 50 degrees during the day in Boston on New Year's Eve, so the ice sculptures were dripping a little. I'm glad we got to see them!

Eataly

We finally tried Eataly on New Year's Eve. It was crowded, but we really liked it!

Mapparium

We went to see the Mapparium on New Year's Eve. It was cool!

homemade pasta

Jane and Nate made homemade farfalle. We had it with garlic and olive oil - it was delicious!

Jane's jade

Jane and I went to the bonsai greenhouse and she picked out a dwarf jade tree! It was nice to walk around in the warm greenhouse and see everything growing.

a happy Christmas

It wasn't a white Christmas, but it was still fun to celebrate! We opened a few presents at home, then went to Grammy's house and back.

twins

I helped with winter crafts in Malcolm's class, and he and his friend Alex were twins!

taking shots

Jane's basketball team has improved a lot, and so has Jane! She threw a few shots on Saturday!

gingerbread house

We had fun candy shopping, baking, constructing and decorating our gingerbread house! The best part is that we get to eat it!

xmas tree

We got our tree last weekend. For a few days it just had lights and we thought it looked nice that way! Then this weekend we decided to add the ornaments. Afterwards we had homemade eggnog.

party

Jane went to her friend's Harry Potter birthday party and had a lot of fun!

Hanukkah

We had a nice Hanukkah this year! There was good food, fun, family and lots of great presents!

winter recital

We went to the winter recital for 4th-8th graders who are taking music lessons. It was fun to see all the kids perform! Jane played "We Three Kings." Her teacher harmonized using her trumpet for part of the song.