Snow Football

Sam & Jack, multi-sport athletes from Brasil and Spain, play snow football in the afternoon.

Sleepover... Hanging with Friends

The boys had a sleepover with Kyle the 'Keeper. Here, they are Facebooking friends and discovered a number of school friends are up at Hannah's house, five minutes away. Off they went.... Oh, not before posing for the camera...

Wintah Baseball in Maine

Kyle the 'Keeper showing the boys how to play Wintah Baseball in Maine!

Wintah Ball in Maine

Wintah Ball in Maine

FREEZING COLD: -3F (-17.4 C) with a wind chill factor: -20F (-28C)

With the wind factor this morning, the air felt like -20 degrees F (-28C). You can see both boys are in shock... or is it the 7:10am reality of having to go OUT in that cold?

Luiz: "I'm not a morning person" and Dressed for the Cold.

Lugging Pellets on a Warm Snowy Day

Part of the heating of the house comes from a stove than burns pellets (small wood chips). The pellets come in 40 lbs bags and we ordered and put in three tons of pellets (150 bags). As always, the boys had some fun with the work.

For Kate C., our neighbor and friend, with Love from Luiz!

This morning, Luiz spied a Cardinal in the bushes out back. He grabbed the camera and... first shot.

(Click on photo to enlarge.)

A Happy Brazilian

Smile to Kate!

Writing Christmas Cards to Brasil & Spain

Although the boys wanted to hang out with friends on this Friday night, they settled in and spent two hours writing holiday cards for friends and family back home. I'm not saying they loved every minute of it as witnessed by their faces below... but... as we say, "They got her done!" (Translation: they finished the project.)

First Day of Nordic Skiing!

In a bitter cold with high winds, Luiz and Yago headed to Black Mountain of Maine for their first time skiing with the Falcon Ski Team. The kids helped both boys learn to balance and then to ski on the thin cross-country skis. Both guys did an excellent job.

Yago Stylin'

SNOW DAY! Writing Santa & After the Shoveling...

Luiz is writing Santa and asking for a beach and some warm weather. Below, the boys just finished shoveling. Look closely, because they are very wet.

Rich in his dad's coat

Christmas Tree Set-up at Connie & Ben's

SNOW DAY! NO SCHOOL! SHOVELING! :-)

The first of what we hope will be many great snow days!

The boys will be skiing cross-country (Nordic skiing) on Friday!!!

SNOW DAY! NO SCHOOL! SHOVELING! :-)

Rascal the Squirrel having lunch while the boys shovel.

The King and the Shepherd... in the Community Concert

The

boys joined the

community Christmas

concert and played a King

and shepherd during the nativity

scene. They were very good sports.

Ho!

Ho!

A snowy day... Remembering SPAIN

First thoughts by Yago on a snowy day....

A snowy day, Sunday December 6, 2009

We had a small snowstorm last night. More to come on Wednesday, so says the weather forecast.