Blog 411

This blog was created for our friends and family who don't get to see us -- well, Jonathan and Elise, really -- as often as they'd like. I'm trying to keep you all updated on their milestones and their day-to-day activities. I also hope this will serve as sort of a journal for them as well, something for them to read when they are older that chronologues their lives and adventures. When I can, I'll post pictures and maybe even videos to help bridge the distance.

This blog is Part 2 of the Life of the Hardwicks. This edition will focus on our new lives in Atlanta, GA, that began in July 2013.

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

2013_12_17 Tuesday

From Elise's school:
We had a great day today! Today we continued our winter celebration. in Art we decorated corn, one of the symbols of Kwanzaa.  X  and X decorated their corn with glitter.  We also worked on our winter gift.  X decorated a heart and X decorated a star.   It is name tracing week. X and X traced their names very well.  X listened intently was we watched How the Grinch Stole Christmas .  All of our friends enjoyed Frosty the Snowman.  We had a mystery reader today!  My friends did really well listening to the story.
(hmmm, no sentence about Elise...wonder if that's because she was in an "I hate..." mood today?!)

I also came to school to watch her last day of ballet/tap. I have a couple of photos to share.

P.S. It's in the low 60s here!

We also went to the Botanical Gardens' Night Lights event. The kids got 3-D glasses to make all the lights have snowflakes and stars on them.
It was really beautiful. They even had some orbs/spheres that changed light (along with music), sort of like Jonathan's Ikea nightlight but bigger. They had a Brilliant Bug exhibit with mechanical dragonflies and a Santa Prantis Mantis, as Elise still calls it. They had a lovely orchid walk with poinsettias and a giant light tree where the spinning fish were before. We really walked everywhere; the kids sure were tired. We didn't get home until after 9:30. 

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