A Few Stragglers

After posting the update about our Christmas season, I realized I forgot to check my camera for pictures (Noah always captures the great moments on his camera!). However, after going back to look, I found a few stragglers that are worth mentioning.

First, we had a great Christmas celebration at my mom's house and she went all out with decorating her house, so that was fun for all of us. Here is Keira in front of her Grammy's tree.

I posted before about how much Keira enjoyed playing the piano with her Aunt Laura.
Here they are in their lovely duet.

The last part of this post is dedicated to 2 sets of friends: The Shorts for introducing us to the world of Settlers many years ago and also to the Sterlings (mostly Matt!) for enduring a round of the game with us!

Whenever we get together with Noah's family, we always have to make time for a game of Settlers of Catan! Our Christmas trip was no exception and this time, Keira was in on the action!

For those of you who have played Settlers before, you know it can go on for a while (at least a couple hours), so with Keira's later bedtime, we didn't want to wait to start it after she went to bed, so instead we started it early and she got to participate! We were all so shocked and impressed because she actually sat with us, watching attentively, and "played" along for a good 45 min or so! Soon enough, she will be playing right along with us for real!

Nana is making her move!

Wow, Mom, this game is intense!

If you don't believe me, just ask my Aunt Laura!

Taking it all in

Collecting her resources

In addition to Settlers, Keira was recently introduced to two other games, which she got for Christmas. One is called Diggity Dog & the other is The Ladybug Game. She has fun playing both of these, and we enjoy it too! Yay for board games!