Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

Christmas Eve, on our way to Austin!

Bus ride to the BART train, then a tram ride to get to the plane.  Topped off with a car ride to the final destination.  Merry travels for us.

(btw, Grande's first time on the BART system)

Kinder for a Day

Spot the kid who doesn't belong...

Mini's kinder class had a holiday potluck and families were invited to hang out.  Grande made himself at home and thought himself a big kid.  Classmates loved having him there and took care of him.  

Hugs and More

There's been a breakthrough!  Mini is finally playing the caring big sister and taken Grande under her wing.  She has been slow to this but, this weekend, she did a lot to take care of her lil bro.  They played wonderfully together and both gave lots of love to one another.

Tennis "Expert"

Mini was a speaker for Grande's preschool class today.  She gave a ten minute presentation on Tennis (the class has been learning about balls and sports as their monthly curriculum).  She showed them books and pictures, demonstrated warm-up stretches, taught them the forehand and backhand swings, and handed out a mini tennis ball as goody.

Grande was a total distraction and only caused a ruckus.  He was excited to have us there and wouldn't sit for the lesson.  He was yelling and interrupting Mini, the teachers were speechless at his behavior since they know him as quiet and well-behaved.  Such a Jekyll and Hyde.

Little Helper

Helping daddy fix a light switch.  

Holidays are coming!

Getting in the holiday spirit with a trip to Academy of Sciences to see "snow".  Mini called it out right away and said, "this is just soap and bubbles."

To rectify the fake snow, the kids got to decorate a gingerbread house.  Grande didn't decorate much and ate most of his supplies.