This year, I decided to quit the tradition of sending out Christmas cards. My plan is to at the very least update Ellie and Hank’s websites towards the end of each year and that their websites will be the replacement for our Christmas cards.

A short update on us all. This year was definitely way less stressful than 2018 – thank goodness! We still have a number of projects to do around the house to finish it up, but we are taking our time on them. There is no rush. Bob has found a hobby for himself: woodworking. I have finally landed on a hobby for myself: jewelry making. Hank is in his final year of preschool. Next fall he will be in kindergarten! He has matured so much since he turned four back in May. He loves building and constructing things, robots, gymnastics, and singing. He continues learning Chinese and has made so much progress. Ellie is saying lots of words and loves to dance. She seems to really love animals, especially dogs. She also can eat way more food than Hank.

I haven’t updated Hank and Ellie’s websites since their birthdays, so it has been well over six months of no activity! It is a lot of photos to go through, so I am going to keep it simple and show you photos of us from our recent visit to Ringling Museum’s Ai WeiWei Chinese Zodiac LEGO Exhibit.

Hank was born in the Year of the Ram. Bob and Ellie are the Year of the Dog. I am the Year of the Boar. Hank’s favorite was the Dragon, however. He demanded I take a photo of his butt.

Hank had a mini concert at his preschool: Christmas Caroling.

Today, we were supposed to go to a polo game. At the clubhouse they were to have Santa set up for photo taking. But it is raining terribly, so the game was canceled. So no Santa photos this year. And no professional holiday photos of Ellie and Hank together either. Boooooo….

However, Hank’s preschool last month had holiday themed photos taken.

Since this is Ellie Mae’s website, I probably should end with a photo of her doing her most favorite thing in the whole wide world:

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Love,

Robert, Christina, Henry, & Eleanor