David speaks Spanish

David is learning to speak Spanish at school.  Here is a doing a dialogue with a friend at assembly.

Christmas 2017

Ho Ho Ho, another year of Christmas cheer.

Annual Holiday photo

One of Laurent's favorite ornaments-the Chestnut Hill Local Newspaper

Maddy gets one of the "hot" Christmas toys-Hatchimal twins

Tyler the tiger, (another "hot" Christmas toy) and Snuggles the giant bear

Christmas at the Russells

Playing with Holt

Playing the piano at Holt & Karsten's house

Fall fun

Here are some pictures from the fall:
The first 2 are drawings by David and Maddy, respectively, drawn on my old thesis paper (the $0.50 per sheet paper, I might add!).  Glad to see it got put to good use.

Progress Halloween party

Maddy checks out the balloon guy

David's minecraft creeper

Kung Fu belt tests: David is now blue, and Maddy is green belt.

See how they've grown: 2017

Here are the kids at the library, quite a change since 2011(!)
(Although Maddy's love of plush animals has not changed...)