Oscar's first haircut

He's a heartbreaker.

First snow day

We had our first snow day in Corvallis.  Lucia skipped into our room that morning and said "hey mom, guess what, there's a car.........." and she stopped and looked out the window and said "there's another one!"  I said, what?  She said another car that's covered in snow!

They were so excited, they immediately went outside in their pajamas.

 We came in and had breakfast and got bundled up for a walk.  It was a fun day without an agenda.  Love that!

Tree cutting adventures

Cut a tree this year with some dear friends.

Sweet moments

Lucia started learning the violin/fiddle a couple of months ago.  She is learning the Suzuki method and I'm learning along with her.  I LOVE it and she seems to really, really enjoy it too.  Practice so far is fun and not stressful (knock on wood).  Instead of regular, formal recitals, our lovely teacher has the kids perform at an assisted living facility in town.  Seriously, it is the epitome of sweet.  The residents are almost in tears when these kids come.  It is a huge hit there!  The kids can totally choose if they want to play in the group and if they want to do a solo.  If they don't want to play that day, that's totally fine too.  No angst, just fun.  It is, I mean, AWESOME!  Lucia watched at the first one and this time she played in the group and alone. We will be learning our first fiddle song soon!