Crystal Bridges American Art Museum

Snow Day Baking

34 strawberry cupcakes with strawberry creamcheese icing. Meredith did it almost entirely herself, with a little help from Madz, who really thought they should be chocolate, and so couldn't bring herself to get too involved. (She danced, instead). 

Be Our Valentine

Strong girls, wearing new workout clothes from their daddy.

Happy girls, showing off new art boxes from Keddi and Papa. 

Snuggly girls, settling in for another cooking show. We've watched all available Cupcake Wars and Cutthroat Kitchens and are now working our way through Chopped. 

Paperclip love. 

A Day in December

For all of November, our micro church gathered ingredients for "survival kits" for the homeless. Then, in early December, we gathered to assemble the kits. It was a hilarious scene, and our good friend Jeff wrote about the whole thing, here. 

Walt and Meredith manned the toothpaste and toothbrush center. 


George was in charge of trash bags.


Ella made as many kits as any grown up.


The sock pile was almost as tall as Madeline. 

We made about 400 kits in about 2 hours with things donated by just about everyone we know. It was a good and amazing time. 

Action Shots

Hadley and Madeline reading:



Meredith dancing:

 

Soccer

When your dad is coach, and your dad is a great coach, life is good. When 2 amazing moms also help coach, life is even sweeter.

A Day in October

Today began with a 9 week honors assembly. Madeline trotted across the stage for reading and math and felt honored to do so. That said, she was much more excited to watch Meredith dance in her first Dance Team performance.

Meredith danced for the two separate assemblies with her amazing team. She also won some awards, but mostly we're excited about how hard she worked to learn everything she needed for school and dance.

 

After school, Ginger and I coached our first Destination Imagination practice. I love these kids so much, I have to resist the urge to tell them that when they're, say, rolling around trying to pretend they're a boat (Meredith is the sail). 

After DI, Mer was blessed to meet her church small group leader (Jessica) for a little one on one time at Muddy's. What could be better than a cupcake and a cozy chat? Meanwhile, the rest of us tried to squeeze in a quick lesson about all the believers having all things in common, using marshmallows and toothpicks. I feel sure that much was gained. 

We ended the evening with church at the Young Avenue Deli. Bursting with blessings.