First half of January

 January was a pretty uneventful month. We did a lot of school work. Housework, piano practice, a bit of skating (at home and with the homeschool group) and a bunch of play.

 Jennifer reading on the "kindle".

 Matthew making tacos for Saturday dinner.

 Lego (aka, toys all over the floor)

 Comics

 Peanut gallery

 Model in training :p

 Old lady knitting :p

The ice of our rink was in pretty good shape at the beginning of the month. So we the kids made sure to use it!

Lots of snow had to be cleared though. So nice to have snow and ice!!

 It is nice when there are eager helpers to clear off the ice. They are harder to find later in the year!

 Jennifer and Evelyn like to lounge around when I read to them.

 And Daniel (who is supposed to be doing his own work) comes "sneaking" in to enjoy the stories too.

 More winter

More lounging

 more of the same

 I actually took two pictures of our skating outings!! This one is of the hockey side of the rink. All the kids except Evelyn tried joining the hockey, and most of them did it most of the time.

 Melanie making something out of Lego is a bit unusual. So I took a picture. For posterity.

 Daniel making "sausage sauce" for dinner.

 More Lego (aka more toys all over the floor)

 more of the same

 A classic Nathan smirk to his mother's attempt at a witty remark.

 The hard working math student.

 Evelyn making rice krispie squares.

 Nathan's tank. It was hard to find enough camouflage pieces, and getting the track to turn (he didn't have enough of some piece to get it perfect....he speculated it was due to younger siblings' neglect of cleaning up Lego off of the floors everywhere. But it turned out despite all that, drives (even over uneven terrain) rotates, etc. Fortunately it does not shoot. :)

 Daniel worked on a background scene for a play/game with Evelyn's help. Very impressive, and they had fun with it.

Evelyn the Mom, not sure why she needs such a fancy head covering, but it seems to keep her baby happy. :)