i'm trying to consistently make the kids do saturday chores
they're sure cute when they do them
henry wearing my boots and olive's coat to help with Christmas lights
michael's jammies are cozier than mine
family game of apples to apples jr
these two in matching jammies are the CUTEST
jude insists on holding his bananas himself
it's adorable
noah was home from school after having a stomach ache and fever the night before
he asked for tomato soup and grilled cheese for lunch and said i was the best mom in the world when i complied
nothing better than mail days in december
eleanor took this and i LOVE it
and him
extra tall laundry cart day
we made a bunch of toffee to give friends and neighbors
the next morning jude was much more interested in the toffee than his breakfast
ready to go out to lunch with michael
snow at micron
we went to teriyaki for lunch
it was such a fun lunch date and it didn't hurt that henry was at school
henry's hideout in the pantry
jude finally saw an allergist
not a fun process for a sweet baby
the only thing he was positive for was a cat allergy
but the allergy doctor gave us lots of good tips to deal with his eczema
olive got a haircut
eleanor's boots broke on the way to school and i had to run her a new pair
new rug
helping himself
nightly baths for jude are often accompanied by henry
the nightly 20 minute soaks are supposed to help his skin
we finally got snow! the kids were so excited
i love big family breakfasts
silly henry forgot his clothes
i'm a little embarrassed to say that the first santa that henry and jude have ever seen/sat on his lap
was in a gas station and looked nothing like santa
micron is finally doing well enough to give a proper Christmas party
it was really fun to get dressed up and go out on a date
the dinner was good and it was fun to spend time with michael's coworkers
we left the kids home with movies, pizza and snacks and they were great
when we got home it was late but they were happily playing games at the table together
these two had their Christmas piano recital
they both did great
it was olive's first one and she really enjoyed it
hazel impressed everyone because she practices a lot and did really well
henry brought me a snack of snow with a spoon
henry is constantly begging me to keep the rental car we have while our van is getting fixed
after we were rear-ended a month or two ago
the other afternoon i got to watch noah's band perform some Christmas songs
and it was video day for eleanor at ballet
and it was olive's 2nd grade Christmas performance
busy afternoon but so fun to watch all of them
eleanor insists we skip to the car after kindergarten every day
she suggested it once and i told her mom's don't usually skip
and i hadn't skipped in a long time and she said, "well, you should"
i agreed so now we do it every day
our pretty rental car is going to be hard to give back when the van is fixed
it's so nice and spacious
my darling laundry helper
five days until Christmas and we're very excited!
