First Bank Accounts!

We opened your own savings accounts for you today! We went to M&T Bank, which is the same exact bank and branch where I had my first back account 30+ years ago. It was First National Bank back then. 

We have been talking about doing this for a while and today we finally did. I gave each of you $20 to start your account and JD, you added $4 of your own dollars. Cole, you didnt have any dollars to add but wanted to count and add all of your coins. 

Hopefully you will take after your Dad and be good savers!

Christmas Spirit

We did something really cool today after school. We were bell ringers for an hour downtown Annapolis. All of us really had fun and it got us into the Christmas spirit. 

Cole loved it because: "I liked ringing the bell and giving the doggies dog biscuits. Also, giving the customers candy-canes!"

Sometimes these experiences dont pan out like we envision. This one did. We got one right. We'll make this one of our holiday traditions for sure!

Uh oh. Elf casualty.

Cousins are all a bit quiet due to a near catastrophe with Pucki. Playing soccer in the basement and the ball hit the elf. He's half knocked over, leaning against the candle. They are all scared. Nobody is owning up to it. But theres now a "sorry" note attached to him. 

Only Pucki knows what realy happened so we shall see how this pans out overnight...

Here is the return note from Pucki:

Helpers

This years list...(JD)

Summer in December?!

This is how you got off the bus today on December 4. Shorts and short sleeve shirt and sunglasses.  Is it summer? Its 45 degrees. Apparently you left home with shorts underneath your pants....here we go. Not sure I anticipated this clothing war with boys.