Stumbled across this great book and have been enjoying flipping through it. Love Dahl, love Blake!

“Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary”

Spy photo so as not to disturb these reading friends. I love the repetition going on in this photo!

Peek week is intended for parents to come in and observe dance classes to see what their kids have been up to all fall. I loved watching the girls dance, but was happily surprised to see how excited they were to sneak into the other classes to watch. They are so supportive of the other girls and were thrilled to watch them dance!

Love hanging with this kid during our drives to the dance studio. Can’t get any sweeter!

Just about down for the count.

An interesting slice of pizza there on the right, don’t you think? Speaking of job, If you want to find new career take a look at this link for career training.

Tidying up the bathroom, Esme style.

I mentioned to Esme that I have always loved the dress she was wearing. She gave me a quizzical look and so I brought out our collection of Christmas photos. We found three pics of the girls in the same dress. It is a green and black plaid dress with a black velvet sash from the Children’s Place.

(l) 2008- Catherine at 2.5– I can’t remember where we got this little dress. It was either a hand-me-down or one I found second hand somewhere.

(m) 2011- Catherine at 5.5, Esme at 2.5– Here Esme is wearing the small dress and Catherine has on an identical, but bigger dress that I found that year at Savers.

(r) 2017-Catherine at 11.5, Esme at 8.5– Esme has finally grown in to the larger dress, the smaller one having been passed along to a friend a number of years ago.

I’ll be sad to see the end of these lovely dresses, but I’m glad to have gotten so much use out of them!

This year’s Christmas card. I love making our own and this year Esme was a big help, not just a ‘help’!

After a footwear malfunction this summer that led to me giving my Keens to Catherine, I’ve been saving up for a new pair for myself. I ordered them to arrive in December so that I have time to wear them in before our visit to Mickey in January.