Annual Loscutoff Tahoe Weekend

We just got back from a wonderful, family-filled weekend at our Tahoe cabin.  Every year, around the end of January, we head to Tahoe with the Loscutoff family to celebrate Dedushka's birthday.  We enjoyed 3 beautiful days in the cabin.  The girls were so excited to play in the snow, build snowmen, sled and hang out with family!

By 7:30 the first morning the girls were already bundled up and ready to play in the snow!

The girls love playing games at the cabin.  Maggie especially loves playing dominoes with Dedushka.

Time for more snow play!

 Maggie was trying to catch snowflakes on her tongue.

Our little snow angel!

Uncle Walter carved out an awesome sledding hill.  Kate and Maggie spent hours sledding down the hill.

Uncle Walter carried Kate back to the cabin over his shoulders.  I am guessing his back must have been pretty sore the next day. ;-)

Bracelet making with Auntie Robyn.

Auntie Megan and Grammalene hanging out on the couch

Uncle Peter recieved a special makeover from Kate.

We had the best snow for building snowmen.  We could literally roll huge balls of snow to build a family of 4 snowmen.

Yummy snow!

On Saturday morning we woke up to the trees and roads covered in snow.  It truly was a winter wonderland and a beautiful setting for a family walk!

Yummy icicles!

Hanging out on top of a huge rock with Dadddy.

Snowball fight!

More sledding!  Woo hoo!

Maggie would get on her sled and push it down the hill all by herself.  She refused any offered help.  Despite even getting scratched on her chin by some ice she kept going and going and going...

 We celebrated Dedushka's birthday with some choclate cake and beautiful Russian singing.

We love you Dedushka!

Time to blow out the candles.

The next morning Dedushka let the girls have some birthday cake for breakfast...the best!

Sunday was our last day to sled before heading home.  Even Auntie Robyn gave sledding a try.

Brothers (Walter and Will)

Silly Uncle Peter

Our sledding hill

Great times, great fun and great company!  Can't wait till next year!

Special Preschool Happenings

Last week was Maggie's special week in school.  She made a poster all about herself.  On the poster she included her favorite colors (pink, purple and yellow); her favorite food (chicken nuggets, strawberries and bagel with cream cheese); and what she wants to be when she grows up...a ballet teacher!  At the end of the week her class made her a special book.  Each child drew Maggie a picture and explained the things that make Maggie special.  She loved having Ms. Lois read this special book to her!

Also this month, Maggie's class put on a short nativity play.  Maggie was a super cute shepherd.  It was a real treat watching her class perform the nativity story.

Bounce U

I apologize that it has been several weeks since my last post.  We have gotten back into the busy schedule of school and activities now that the Christmas season is over.  Both girls are currently playing indoor soccer once a week, both girls are also in a weekly dance class (Kate is continuing with tap and Maggie is loving ballet).  Kate is also playing piano and singing in the church kid's choir.  There is not a lot of time left in our busy week to take pictures and make posts.  However, this is a holiday weekend, due to Martin Luther King holiday, and so I pulled out my camera and took a few pictures.  On Saturday we headed to Bounce U in Roseville.  Bounce U is a large facility with amazing bounce houses, slides and obstacle courses.  The girls really enjoyed themselves!

Maggie was super determined to pin her flag on the velcro squares.  She spent 30 minutes trying to race up this slippery wall.  She was drenched in sweat when her time was up.

Kate attempted jumping across this ball obstacle course.  She had a blast bouncing from ball to ball.

Also, here is a cute picture of Mckenna and Maggie.  We had the pleasure of watching Mckenna for a couple of hours on Friday while Jess had a meeting.  Mckenna is such a wonderful and happy adorable girl!