Hoop Star!

I recently tried a new sport - basketball!  I got really lucky because I was able to be on my friend Tyler's team and his dad was one of the coaches.  Tyler is in my Pre-K class.  I really liked basketball - I practiced all the time dribbling the ball around the house!  And since Santa got me a little basketball hoop for inside the house, I could even practice shooting!

Here I am in action!  At first, I was quick to pass the ball to my teammates but once I got my first basket, I became a little bit of a ball hog!

We gave high fives to everyone after the game!

Then our coaches gave out awards at the end of each game for hard work and hustling! 

 Here's my official basketball picture and my team - the Nuggets! 

Of course my biggest cheerleader was at ll of the games to cheer for me!

Here's some of my dribbling skills - I didn't quite get a basket this time though!

Here's one of my very first baskets I scored!  I was so excited!

And another score by me!  Still exciting to me when everyone cheered!

I had to work for this basket, but it was worth it!

Little Ninja Warriors!

I went to a super fun birthday party for two of my friends (they're twins) and got to try a ninja warrior course! I did awesome at it!

The course started with a zip line!

This was the spiderman one - it was the hardest one!  It will take lots of practice to get good at this one!

Here was all of the party group showing off our muscles!

Clara wanted to try the course and show off her muscles, too!

Here I am on the zip line!

And here's some more of the ninja obstacles!  The one with the gates was my favorite one - it was like real life Subway Surfer!

School Friends!

My friends at school are lots of fun!  I'm going to miss them when we all go to kindergarten! 

We had some camp days so I had the iPad with me and used it for some selfies!  Here I am with my friend Charles!

Here I am with Spencer (or Elliott) and Ms Saba! 

And being silly with Elliott (or Spencer!)

One day my friend Ayden came in for a camp day - it was an awesome surprise to see him!  I miss him lots and always ask to go to Tampa to visit him.

We aren't always silly at school!  We've been working on activities to help us learn to read!

And we acted out a book called "Pete's a Pizza"!  My friend Tyler was Pete!

Because not many of my friends were at school on my actual birthday, we postponed my birthday doughnuts until the next week when everyone was back!  They all sang Happy Birthday to me - even Ayden since he was in camp that day!

Snow Day!

We got another snow storm in January!  It didn't bring as much snow as the one in December, but we still got to stay home for a day.  Good thing we had lots of new toys from Christmas to keep us busy!

Here's the snow we got!  It was beautiful!

I made sure to spend a little time outside playing in the snow (with our beach toys!)

Pop a Pig is a fun game to play! 

The best place to play with a new toy that involves water is the bathtub!

Clara was checking out some of the classic toys instead!  These were toys that Mom and Uncle Skylar played with when they were little! 

And our another of our new favorite games - The Squirrel Game!

Happy New Year!

We rung in 2018 at our friends Landon and Dylan's house with our other friends Elle and Elliott!  We even got to spend the night at the house with everyone.  Good thing, too - we stayed up late!

Here's 6 crazy kids!

Landon and Dylan have a basement full of cool toys!  Owen and I didn't have a hard time finding something fun to play with!

No tired boys here! 

We spent most of the night in our jammies! Even Mom! 

Right before midnight, we got the party hats out to have a real party!  And poured the champagne...just kidding!  It's only water! 

Owen and I stayed up all the way to midnight!  Happy 2018!

Downtime!

After a busy birthday and Christmas week, we needed some downtime to relax!

Owen makes a good pillow on the couch!

And then sometimes I make a good pillow!

Owen and I know how to veg out in front of the TV!

Watching Frozen in my Coronation dress is the best way to watch!

My friend Maggie got her fingernails painted so I wanted mine painted, too!  It wasn't quite the spa, but Mom did a good job and I held very still for her!

Owen got to go to to the movie theater with his friend Emmaline!

Checking on Progress!

While Uncle Skylar and Aunt Nichole were still in town, we went over to Grandma B and Grandpa Mark's house to check on the progress!

The construction is really just a big obstacle course for me!

It was cold - Clara was more interested in cuddling than exploring!

Dad, Grandpa and I were trying to figure out how the mud just continues to stick around!

This is the walkway between the bungalow and the new house!

Of course, Clara was all smiles inside and reading books with Aunt Nichole!

We found a big balloon that Dad blew up and let fly through the house.  I thought it was so funny!  I don't quite have enough hot air in me to fill it up myself though! 

Hot Wheels never get old!