We started off 2014 at home this year. Lots of snow this winter and more cold than usual. We did get in some sledding and some ice skating. Just after New Year's is when the Lafayette Ballet Company presents the Nutcracker. This year Anna made her debut as one of Mother Ginger's girls. We got back to swimming lessons (indoors, of course). In March, we took a short trip during our Spring Break to St. Louis, where we got to see the Gateway Arch and several museums. Jack and Anna got to celebrate their birthday on the trip. Even though Spring started in March, the snow and cold persisted. We are looking forward to the weather warming up.
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| Mother Ginger's girls at dress rehearsal |
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| Jack helped by handing out programs for the Nutcracker |
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| With Mother Ginger (maybe Dad should have cropped the random hand out of the photo) |
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| Kate smiling; notice her new shorter hair style |
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| One of our many major snowstorms (this is right before the final show of the Nutcracker) |
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| Our ballerina extraordinaire after the last show |
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| Kate in her first season of ice skating lessons |
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| Sledding near the Purdue campus |
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| One of our several stops atop Slayter Hill for sledding |
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| Jack at the ice rink |
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| More ice skating class |
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| Swimming lessons are indoors, of course |
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| Jack with his second place pinewood derby car, trophy and half his "pit crew" (the other half took the picture) |
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| Spring break in St. Louis |
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| At the top of the Gateway Arch |
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| Posing near the base of the arch (north side, if you're curious) |
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| The beanstalk climb at the Magic House |
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| at work at the Magic House |
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| Kate considers a career in pet grooming |
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| or, maybe as a bulldozer operator |
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| or, maybe as POTUS |
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| Anna learning about bubbles and surface tension |
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