Only Seven Wake Ups until Christmas!

The kids are counting down the days until Christmas. We had an awful blizzard over the weekend so we spend Sunday inside with a fire in the fireplace and Christmas music playing. The weather outside was indeed frightful! The kids loved decorating the tree. (With all the ornaments hanging precariously from one branch!) We read Christmas books and got into a box of packing peanuts. (Which, as you can see, I am still finding everywhere!)

Drew's new trick is saying "Cheese!" every time he sees the camera. We have been getting some cute and "Cheesy" pictures of him!








We had Will's Christmas program at school on Tuesday night. The kids were all so cute in their Christmas outfits. He has been practicing this song at home for the last month. Here is a little video from the program!

Risky Business

We were trying to get some pictures of the kids for our Christmas cards which is almost always a painful process. Nobody sits still, looks at the camera or smiles nicely. You would swear that Will & Lauren were competing to see who could annoy Drew the most.

Every year I think that the Christmas pictures are a little misleading. You see the smiling children in the photo but what you can't see is Josh & I yelling at them to "Smile nice!", "Put your hands down!" ,"Look at Daddy/Mommy.","Sit still!", etc. At the end of the 20 minute process we were all crabby.


Here are Will & Lauren in their awesome capes from Superfly Kidz (Etsy). We have playing "Wonder Pets" quite a bit these days. Lauren's cape has a crown and jewels on the back so it also serves as a princess cape.

Drew has been climbing everything in site. I find him on top of the coffee table, dining room table and kitchen table all day long. I remove him, we have an ineffective chat "No Drew! No Climbing!" He smiles and repeats. My first two learned the meaning of "No" a little quicker. Here is a rare picture of him on the ground and standing relatively still.