I signed Sarah up for swim lessons at the “Swim Tank” in Mamaroneck after hearing good things from a lot of local parents (not the least of which was that the pool is really warm!). It’s hard to get timeslots so I had to sign Sarah up first, and then try to switch to a time that worked for both kids.
Anyway, here’s a pic of Sarah on the day of her second lesson, when she earned her very first badge! Starfish level. She was thrilled.
We drove to Great Falls on Wednesday, 11/21, to celebrate Thanksgiving. The traffic wasn’t bad, and no one threw up! Here’s Blaine admiring the persimmons after we arrived (soon to be enjoyed in Gram’s persimmon pudding).
Sarah got to work watercolor painting the place cards for the big meal. Place cards included: our four, Gram, Grand-dad, Aunt Jody and John and his father Win, Cam and Megan and Marcella, Aunt Jill and Uncle Jack.
Sarah also helped Gram in the kitchen on Thanksgiving morning.
The kids watched some of the Macy’s parade on tv with Grand-dad.
John helped Blaine make a “phone” with two cups and a piece of string.
They also made this “microphone and speaker” since Blaine wanted to make a big speech for Thanksgiving.
Here’s a pic of the famed persimmon pudding, en flambe.
After dessert was the grand finale, the smashing of the chocolate turkey.
On Friday, 11/23, we drove to Charlottesville to have lunch with Great Grandmother Dorothy. We also got to visit with Great Aunt Jody and Uncle Dennis.
Sarah finished off her multi-sports class with a section on lacrosse.
The final class was track and field, which Sarah declared to be her favorite. Here is a short video of her running the hurdles:
In November I also started trying to get a good Christmas card picture.
We went to an event called “introduction to the strings” put on by the Larchmont Music Academy at the library.
Sarah and I also went on an art walk to unveil a new set of murals around Larchmont representing historic figures. I believe the one below is about Lucretia Mott, who lived in Larchmont before she moved to Philadelphia.
The murals were done by international street artists brought in by a non-profit called Street Art for Mankind. It was a really cool event and I love seeing the murals around town!
Here are the kids showing off their matching lion shirts from Mom-Mom!
One day we went into Brooklyn for some barbecue at Fette Sau, followed by some liquid nitrogen ice cream. Yum!
Then we went into the city to check out the NYC Fire Museum, which the kids have wanted to visit for awhile now.
Some more Christmas card attempts, at the Rye Nature Center.
And here is the winner!
We had some snow, so we built a snow baby.
Just before Thanksgiving I volunteered to help at Sarah’s school for a pie-baking day.