Month: December 2004

We celebrated the new year on East coast time with fireworks and poppers. We also shot off a bunch of fireworks in the driveway. Fun was had by all.

Sam has announced that he is Tinky-Winky-Sam. He looks like a Teletubbie in his snowsuit. He is the snow-meister. He is usually the first one out and the last one back in. Today he was sledding and having a ball. He even sounds like a teletubbie when he giggles sledding down the hill.

Today we finally started getting lots of snow in Tahoe. Sam was the snow-meister, he went outside before the other kids and cried when he had to come back in because everyone else came back in. Katy is getting better and better at skiing. She had a private lesson yesterday. Margaret had a lesson as well. She did well. She is ready for the chair lift next time. Pokie got to try out her new skis yesterday as well. Hopefully, she will get to spend a little more time on skis this year. More pictures will be posted when we get home after the new year. The blizzard pictures are here.

Another fun Christmas at the Greer household. The children of course were very excited. We had all of Elizabeth’s family and their families here. Cousins, uncles, …

Today was the day for Christmas parites at the children’s schools. Sam sang a couple of songs (you can see the video). Sam also got to go to Margaret’s party and he sat around and read books most of the time.

Katy had her piano recital today. You can watch the video here. It is a little shakey because Sam was sitting on my lap while I was taking the video. Margaret behaved very well during the recital. She sat through the entire thing without really complaining. Sam had the most fun.

After the recital, all the children went and jumped on the trampoline.

We had pictures taken with Santa today. Sam went first and he was a bit afraid. Just added more pictures. There was a photographer there from the local ImageSnap place (you are supposed to go buy lots of prints). We just bought all the pictures on a CD.

Today was also the day to trim the tree. It was Margaret’s turn to put the star on the top. Once that was done, I went and turned it around to face the right direction. Mostly, the children and Elizabeth do the trimming, I just watch. This year, I think we set a new record. The first ball that was touched was dropped and broken. We then decided that maybe sam shouldn’t hang the breakable stuff. Here is a movie of Sam dancing and playing his guitar to Christmas music.