Ice Skating during February Vacation

March 3, 2016 |

February vacation was lots of fun. My trick to spend time with Helena is to take her out of the house. Otherwise she disappeared over to the neighbors to “play with the girls”. So when I did get her attention we did fun things like eat ice cream, pizza, mac and cheese (our special recipe), watch movies (theater and home) and some not so fun like go to the dentist.

One of the most fun was ice skating with her friend Ayvree and her family. I put together a little video of the fun

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Qualified for Regionals

December 12, 2015

We are all super proud of Helena and her swimming. To be fair, we were very proud already, but when we found out that she qualified for the regional swim meet we were both shocked and excited. Helena is 6 years old and she is swimming in the 8 and under group. I never even looked ahead to see what the schedule of the regional swim meet was because I thought it was impossible that a six-year-old would ever qualify.

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