For our study of Queen Elizabeth, the history book suggested we hold a coronation. What a great idea!! We pulled out our handy queen-of-England dresses and knight’s tunic and made an evening of it.
ready for the coronation parade; receiving tributes under the golden canopy
royal signature; Kate’s turn
musical tribute; crowned
We couldn’t resist pulling out the silver and inviting friends over to watch Downtown on the big screen.
And people dressed up! Great fun.
One of Kate’s Christmas gifts was a special date with Erik. When Meg attended Perimeter school she and Erik attended two father-daughter dances. Since Kate never had that opportunity he took her on a special outing: dinner, a carriage ride, and ice skating!
We offered Kate a corsage of real flowers, but she and Meg are in an origami phase, so Meg took over the accessorizing role and Kate was very pleased with her ensemble.
Sweet girl with her daddy.
Something hilarious was obviously happening off camera. (Sorry about all those creepy red eyes!)
An afternoon of laser tag and ice skating.
Erik and Nate compete in a fun and elaborate game show style competition Kylie designed for us all to play.
Our new addiction: Blokus
A real white Christmas at last!
Celebrating Crista’s seminary graduation.
Sunday worship.
Since we were flying to Connecticut on the 25th we decided to dispense with traditional activities and spend Christmas Day in the Big Apple.
Though you can’t tell from this picture, the streets were jammed full of people (and it was freezing!)
Lunch at the Stardust Café on Broadway.
Looking cold in Times Square.
A brisk walk through the corner of Central Park, then back to the warm car and on to Milford.
