Day 1

I randomly found this blog again today and I loved reading it so we are going to start it again!  

Today I kept the kids home from school. They were calling for a half day due to bad weather coming (tornados and 75 mph winds) but it’s actually beautiful  out right now and I could totally have sent them. Oh well. 

The boys helped me get the porch ready for the storm, we packed all the stuff in the garage. I’m pretty concerned about the trampoline flying away but not much can be done about it. 

Millie and I went on a walk and over to the park for a little bit. She clearly dressed herself  (she’s a cowgirl).

This little park is about a block from our house. It’s old and worn down but keeps her busy for a few minutes. Today a little boy came and asked her to play so she told me it was time to leave. She’s so shy sometimes. 

 

Inside out

It’s family movie night again and it was Lincolns pick! He chose inside out. Naturally we had to have broccoli pizza since broccoli is a pretty big plot point of the movie. (Spoiler alert Riley hates it)! 

I was going to make homemade pizza but I ran out of time after gymnastics class and having to run to the grocery store so we did make your own mini tortilla pizzas. 

Everyone had to try the broccoli pizza. (No one liked it except Daddy) and of course we had to force Harrison to even lick it. He hates everything. 

Lincoln made some sugar cookies and Millie and Harrison decorated them like bing bong.

This movie gave us great dinner conversation since it’s all about memories. We all told our most happy, sad, scared and angry memories. Which also happened to tie in with Millie’s school lessons this week.

Next week is Harrison’s pick.... 

December 8th

December Photo Challenge Day 8
Ornament

My favorite ornament that has to be on the tree every year.

Clearly, I have no clue how to take pictures by a Christmas tree, but she's cute even grainy.

First bowling excursion - unimpressed

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But she learned to blow raspberries there

Fist pump cuz he knocked one down. Yay!

December 7th

Photo Challenge Day 7
Bright

How is she 19 weeks already????

December 6th

December Photo Challenge Day 6
Shopping

December 5th

December Photo Challenge Day 5
Today's Temperature
It was 79* out.

And Millie is still a gorilla

December 4th

December Photo Challenge Day 4 - Joyful

December 3rd

Day 3: Red

The elves made us breakfast...

And Lincoln and Harrison made Santa faces

Ethan had his winter concert, which wasn't nearly as bad as I feared, just very loud. Of course Millie cried as soon as it got quiet and began, and the two boys had to be removed because they couldn't sit still, but other than that, it was fine.

December 2nd

December theme of the day challenge Day 2 (I missed Day 1)
Favorite Christmas Movie - ours is Elf

Our Elves brought a cute wooden cookie set, it was a big hit! Lincoln played with it for over and hour before falling asleep cuddling the fake knife. (what, that isn't normal??)

December 1st

Today we took our kiddos to see Mickey Mouse! Oh, how I miss Disney World, I cannot wait to take these crazy people. Especially Harrison. He is smitten with all the characters. "Me hug him, me hug him". We had to wait in line to meet Mickey, and when he got the go ahead he went running.

Look at him look at her adoringly

 They brought him a birthday cupcake, which he proceeded to eat every sprinkle off of and none of the cake.

Pluto's coming!!

 Smooshy face

Lincoln was so very excited to go...

But then very shy when he was near the characters. When Pluto came by, he slowly crept around the entire table while Harrison hugged him 100 times, until he was finally close enough to get in the picture. Once he got there, he was ok.

I had to hug Mickey myself before he would do it.

Ethan is now considered an adult by Disney rules, so he had to eat a lot to make his plate worth it lol. To Ethan that means pastries and cheese.

Never too old to hug Mickey

lol he didn't see Pluto coming

Millie's first time in a restaurant high chair.

And first character encounter...

she liked him :)

Today our elves were reading stories to other toys and they brought advent calendars. Lincoln got Lego Star Wars, Ethan got tsum tsums and Harrison got Thomas the Train.