Meg's First Ski Race!

On Saturday Meg competed in her first ever ski race - the Club Championships at Chicopee. She has wanted to go in this race since she was 3 and finally this year she was old enough to enter!
She woke up at 6:30am that morning, nervous about the race and asking a million questions. She did amazing. She went off the ramp for both runs, didn't miss a gate and didn't fall. We were so proud of her but the best part was, she was so proud of herself. Way to go Meg!!!!
She is hooked. I see ski racing in her future :)

Craft Time

Meg is going through a craft phase. She has great ideas which are challenging at times! Below are some of her latest masterpieces.

By far the most challenging was Meg's idea to recreate the solar system on the ceiling of her room!
This project took us close to a month to complete and I have to say she was more of the creative mind behind it than the doer, but it turned out great! The planets even glow in the dark!

Meg's printing is getting so good! She spent an afternoon with Grandma McLaughlin and made Valentine's for her parents

This year Meg made homemade Valentine flowers for her class.
She did this craft almost completely on her own and they turned out great!

Today's masterpiece - a pillow! Great job Meg!

California Dreaming

On this freezing cold day in Ontario I am dreaming of the warmer weather and sunshine we had on our trip to California! While the weather wasn't really hot, it was definitely A LOT warmer than here.
Meg and I had a great time visiting Aunt Pam and Uncle Joe in Corona, CA and were very happy to spend time with Lauren, Lindsay and Adam who were also there visiting from Ontario.
The trip went by too fast which always means it was a good time. Thank you for everything Pam and Joe!!!
Here are a few pictures from the trip.

Train ride at the mall. Meg was very happy to get the seat at the back!

Disney!!!! Hard to see Meg's face paint but it was super cute and we had a great time with
Lauren, Lindsay and Adam on all the rides. The Frozen rides were probably Meg's favorite

The infamous "In and Out Burger" of California. A great way to start off 2015 with a burger
and fries with Uncle Joe and Adam 

Laguna Beach - my favorite day of the trip. The beach was beautiful, the weather was amazing and it was a
great little town to walk around in.