Griffin & Ruby Times: February 2009

Sunday, February 22, 2009

G's class to Dentist and Ice Castle

Griffin and his classmates on their field trip to the Dentist and then to the Ice Castle.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Thursday, February 12, 2009

This years Ice Castle is awesome! Complete with a giant castle with maze and tunnel, a stockade, and a pirate ship. The Winter Carnival theme his year is Pirates of the Adirondacks. Unfortunately the warm weather and rain has closed it down already, but we made sure to get there before it started to melt. The pictures are a bit dark but you'll get the idea.

Fire the cannons!

All aboard the pirate ship!

Lost in the maze... will they ever make it out?

Guarding the stockade while relaxing in Adirondack Chairs carved from ice, bbburrrrr!

Friday, February 06, 2009

Ski Pics

Winter has been great and we have been doing lots of skiing. We did a 3 mile loop at the Paul Smiths Visitor Interpretative Center a few weeks ago. We towed a sled for Ruby so if she needed a break she could catch a ride. However, she decided she was going to ski and ride on Daddy's pole for the entire trip. Daddy got a good work out pulling Ruby on his pole and Mama got a good work out pulling the empty sled. All we saw of Griffin and his friend Noa was the back of their heads the entire trip.

Anytime I try to get a good action shot of these two this is what I get.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

Hooray for Griffin!

On Friday the Smith family went to a special breakfast at Griffin's school to acknowledge excellence in accomplishment. Griffin's reading teacher Mrs. McCormick nominated him to receive an academic achievement award. This is what she had to say. "Griffin is an easy going yet determined boy. He always does his best in reading and illustration in his journal. He is full of great ideas and has a great sense of humor. I can always count on him to be ready to work and offer help to anyone who needs it. I look forward to working with him every day."