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I have a number of planned sewing projects. I pay Laura to piece and cut the patterns for me. win-win!

I asked Laura if she had any good photos on her phone that I could use for Christmas cards. There wasn’t enough space on the card to use them all so some will appear here! This is a selfie she and Colin took when they were hanging out in the tent while camping in the spring.

Colin has COVID (hence the mask in the house), so once he finished his school work he got to start building some of the Christmas Lego sets. He loves the train, because it’s the most fun to play with once complete.

Thankfully it seems to be a mild case and his symptoms are resolved, but he’s in isolation for a few more days.

After his “Giza Pyramids” challenge, Colin signed up to cycle the length of Hadrian’s wall. He enjoyed learning about the history and geography of the area as he completed the challenge. It was harder to fit the rides in since school started up, but he was very pleased to finish the distance on Hallowe’en. This medal is not as flashy as his Egyptian one, but he is pleased nonetheless.

A few days late, but here is our 15 year old.

Laura is so pleased that her ballet company gear has arrived so she can dress like all the others.

Laura and Daddy have Nutcracker rehearsals every Sunday afternoon. Today Colin and I made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies while they were dancing.

Last weekend I finished my Mount Fuji challenge. I ran 74 km in 5 weeks! The intention was to get running more, and this helped. Next up: Mount Kilimanjaro!

Laura and I tried out our homemade sail on our homemade boat.

The connection of sail to mast was too weak for the wind and the result was a bent mast. We tried, but failed at this attempt.

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Colin was cold after a bike ride, but found a good spot to warm up.