This big tree fell down in the road the other week by Sophie’s school. They came to chop it all down and a look inside the middle is just crazy. Sabs favorite part was the sticky sap inside.

The crew spent the morning making cards for a little 5 year old girl in NY who lost her family to a fire that was intentionally set and also lost her arm and leg from being burned. In my newsfeed the other day i saw the story and how this year she wanted Christmas cards from kids around the world to fill her tree. I messaged Ashley about it and her and the crew read the story and got to preparing cards. We are going to go mail them next week in SJ. 🙂

The kids all went Christmas caroling in town with the little ones from Puedo school. They had a teacher dressed up like santa and raised money to help a family in need from Cobano. So precious!! I wish someone took video and that we knew the little 2-3 yr olds were going b/c i would have sent Sabi too! These pics were sent from the teachers. xo

Pookie’s social schedule is seriously busier than all three of ours combined. Things have been just popping up all over the place. This week after school she has had gymnastics, dance, art, and then she had a tela class with the crew (pics below). She is having a blast!

She absolutely loved gymnastics and then the next day did the Tela class and said she liked it even more! Looks like we will have a few new classes on the agenda when we get back from holiday.

Yesterday we took Sophie and Sabi to a new school that is about 20 minutes away and they took a dance class together. I don’t have any pictures b/c we left the window so they couldn’t see us but i could hear Sabs yapping to all the kids during the class and she didn’t come looking for me once. She is so diff from Sophie as a baby it is hilarious. They both had a super duper fun time!

Today Sophie and her crew are going Christmas caroling to the stores to raise money for a family in need that lives in our town. Ooooh i hope Ashley takes some video- haha.

Here are some pics Ashley sent me from Pooks recent adventures at school 🙂

The girls standing across from Sophie and smiling is her friend Venus from school. She is 13 and her and Sophie have gotten a real strong bond lately. Venus has taken her under her wing as a big sister and is always taking care of her and helping her at school. She is amazing. Ugh reason 1,000,0001 why i will so miss this school.

Venus helping Pooks again

Sophie asked Ashley to take a picture of her and Asher. Asher is autistic and very shy. He usually doesn’t talk much to the other kids but i told Sophie to just be sure to always say hi to him and smile…so her is her big photo with Asher which she was dying to show me as soon as she got home.

and here is Gaia

Oh what a blessed day we had yesterday! I saw a post about a hotel in town that lets you use the pool if you spend just $10.00 at the bar/restaurant (kids are free so $20.00 total for us), so we decided to try it out with the peanuts and what a fun day it turned out to be. On the way there (it is literally 2 minutes down the road) a horse was roaming on the side of the road and we pulled over to say hello. She was one of the friendliest horses we’vet met and came right over to the car so the girls can pet her. They were in heaven. It was magical.

Then we arrived at the hotel a minute later and the pool was perfect for Sabsy and Pooks. It was beautiful, had two sections for little ones, had a little waterfall, and was empty. The people that worked there were so super duper nice and the girls obviously hammed it up. It felt like we were on holiday. The food was so yummy and Pookie wanted to try everything. She kept asking to eat this and that and decided that she liked hard boiled eggs (the white part only). Will and I looked at each other laughing like is this day really happening?? Just one of those magical days. Sabs stayed in the pool for about 2-3 hours. By the time we left she had zero fear and was floating on her back with just my hand under her. She was jumping into our arms from the side of the pool and kicking her feet. Ugh it was fantastic! Yup, we’ll be back here for sure. Score!

Saar came to school and taught the kids a gymnastics lesson. Finally Pookie decided she really likes it and is going to go to the gymnastics class this Tuesday (too bad we leave for SJ next week so she will only have one class). It’s a start. Hope she has as much fun on tuesday! xo

Menorahs made from collected driftwood, homemade applesauce and potato latkas (excuse spelling) and a lesson about the holiday. Ashley nailed it like usual :). Lucky little crew.

We got our new debit cards this week and I need to shred all the documents before i put them in the trash so I knew two very willing assistants for that job. I think Sophie might have yelled “best day ever” during the shredding party. It doesn’t take much- hahaha. The also swept it all up after. In case anyone is looking…they will work for cookies.

Pooks was sick the day they had someone come to school and teach about jewelry making. She was so super bummed that Ashley, being the awesome teacher that she is. snagged a bunch of beads and string for the little Pookster. She was so flipping excited and got to work straight away!!