It's (Not) Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

The calendar sez it's winter, but the thermometer sez otherwise. Today it was about 55 degrees, and we haven't had any snow to speak yet. We had a really light dusting about 6-7 weeks ago, but it's been really mild most of the time!

Although I don't have too much to report in the way of training or racing (I have been doing some of each, though), I thought it might be time to post some more pictures of Sophie and Lauren. The are about 4 weeks shy of their 1st birthday. I won't be spending Christmas with them, but I do hope to get back out to see them sometime in January or February.

Lauren has recently learned how to climb the stairs:

I'm not so sure she knows how to safely get back down, though...

Sophie has learned how to make her sister cry:

That will be a skill she'll use for life...

I think these are some of the cutest ones, even if they do look like convicts:

And finally, the pictures that they'll hate for the rest of their lives: