Thanksgiving and Christmas 2018

We have had lots time with our families over the last few months.  We spent Thanksgiving in Canandaigua this year.  There was plenty of snow for outdoor activities and plenty of food and drink for indoor activities :-)  We ended up skipping the annual 5k this year and opted for a rigorous workout at the JCC instead.

For Christmas, we did our normal 4/5 day nomadding between Corning and Canandaigua.  Luckily there were some nice people around to take us in, feed us, and give us a few gifts.  The kids were able do a little ice skating and sledding, too!

Many thanks to all who helped make our holiday season memorable!

Braces

My boy just got a little bit closer to being a teen.  And with that comes that whole awkward phase where the process of becoming isn't pretty but the result is. There is now a beautiful amount of very expensive metal in his mouth.  When we made his appt. for the actual braces to go on, Luke negotiated with the ortho and convinced him to wait until after Halloween so he could eat all the candy he wanted.  Huge eye roll from me but the dr. went along with it.  The silver lining is that the braces really do curb his candy consumption. So far, he isn't bothered much by the braces and he actually enjoys going to the ortho's office.  I can't wait to see the final results in 2 years!