Greetings!The snow returned to the Pacific Northwest this week. Dan often over estimates the snowfall and Mari often under reports it. Dan said it was almost a foot and Mari said we had a couple of inches. You decide!
We had a great week--including last week's visit to the zoo (before the snow arrived). The zoo has a big play area with two super big slides. Elsa loved them! Jonas also checked them out but Elsa kept asking for more and more and more! The pictures don't capture her big smiles when she got to the bottom of the slide.
This week we are getting ready for what is hopefully our last surgery in a long time for either Jonas or Elsa. Jonas will be getting a root canal and a cap on one of his front teeth this week. Because of his age, he will need to be asleep during the surgery. We are really hopeful that everything goes smoothly and exactly as planned. Jonas has been playing with his teeth a lot this week and we think he will really like being able to take big bites once his front tooth is repaired!
The vocab keeps growing with Jonas and Elsa. It is quite amazing. We will try to capture their skills in the upcoming weeks on video! Elsa is often asking to "shimmy shake" (a wiggles song) and Jonas spent most of yesterday asking for the "blanket...monster" (he adds the dramatic pause between the two words unintentionally but it certainly adds something to it).
A local dentist provides a fund for gifts for children that have to go to the doctor a lot. His own son spent lots of time at appointments so he set up this fund for families in similar situations. One of the gifts we received at Christmas time was an "e-book" for Elsa and Jonas. It is called a v-reader and comes with a snazzy backpack. Jonas is really into the books (lots of animals) and Elsa loves wearing the backpack. One of the pictures below is of Elsa with her new pink backpack on!
God Bless,
Mari & Dan & Elsa & Jonas
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