Ok, so once again I am lagging a month behind on my posts!! Let's see what has the last month brought us. Well, it started out with my bday weekend which was spent up north at my Mom and Tom's house and celebrating Ghiloni Christmas. I always love the big family atmosphere!! We sure do pack em in there with 8 adults, 2 big kids and 3 smaller ones!! The kids enjoyed the weekend with some playing in the snow and sledding down the long driveway. Us girls enjoyed some scenic snowshoeing with my Uncle Gerry. As always there was the usually adult gift steal/exchange and a exciting round of Pictionary complete with video playback thanks to my Step-Brother Nick. I don't know how we made it through the games in the past w/o it, it might be getting a little too serious!! The kids were thrilled with their Christmas gifts. Grace got a Barbie Dream house and Owen got a Hot Wheels Craftsman Ford truck both from G&G. They also got some great gifts from the extended family. Grace and Cameron always exchange small gifts and it so neat to watch them interact together. They are attached at the hip for the whole weekend like best friends! Its always so wonderful being up there with the family!
As for the rest of the month it was pretty low key. Grace is getting into the sleepover craze and had two in one weekend. She just got a report card for the quarter and had straight A's!! Dance has been demanding for her with her regular 1 1/2 hr. classes on Wed and then a 2 hr. practice on Sat. for competition coming up. She is being a trooper and working hard! Owen is his usual cute and curious self. I think him and I are really getting cabin fever with the cold weather and just plain yuckiness the winter has brought. It has been chalenging to keep him occupied during the weekdays.
This last weekend my Nephew Josh and his wife Lindsey came down and all of us went to the Janesville Jets Hockey game. I was really leery about taking the kids but it turned out to be a blast. Owen loved cheering them on first starting out with "Go Badgers" which we corrected. Along with that was "Ohh, come on", "Go Jets", "Swiss Cheese" and anything else he picked up from the crowd around us! He was glued to the game the whole time. He was in Hockey heaven when Dad and Josh took him up and had him stand on the boards against the glass, flinching every time they skated close. It was a really rough game and SO much fun to watch!! They really draw a great exciting crowd and won 3-2!! Grace enjoyed herself also and even got a free tshirt from the drunk guys behind us!! I was really looking forward to a game w/o kids but don't know if that will happen anymore, their hooked!!