Playing in the Snow

We didn't have any snow anywhere near Christmas, but we did have some the very beginning of December. Joe was so excited about it. All four of us went out to play for a while, then Will got pretty cold. He wanted to keep playing, but wanted to be inside at the same time.

Joe and Zach made a great snowman.

They also made snow angels.

Joe was so sad when the snow melted. We have had incredibly warm weather for December and January, but today it got cold again and snowed. Joe is thrilled about it.

Christmas at the Gardens

Every year, the botanical gardens near or house does a big Christmas display, complete with model trains. This is the first year of the three that we have been there that we have gone to see it. I can't believe we never went earlier! The display was beautiful and the boys loved it. I think we went four times this year, and I wish we would have gone more.

I think the trolley is Will's favorite.

The huge poinsettia "tree"

And Joe told me his favorite was the train with the people in it. We are so lucky to live close enough to enjoy the gardens often.

Trim the Tree

It's tradition at our house to decorate for Christmas the day after Thanksgiving, so that is what we did. The boys were so excited when we pulled out the tree and they had so much fun decorating.

It didn't take Will very long to realize that they apple, and pear ornaments were not real, although he still tries to bite them occasionally. Since then, the bottom of our tree has been decorated and re-decorated many times.

Thanksgiving

We were so grateful to have some wonderful friends to spend Thanksgiving with. And we enjoyed quite the feast. Thankfully, Zach had suggested that we have a ham in addition to our turkey, because I prematurely removed the bird from the oven and we had to stick it back in to finish it off. Other than that, the day went without any hiccups.

Summer made these cute hats for the kiddos. Joe was feeling sick or anti-social or something when we first started, so he was just hanging out downstairs.

We had two tables in our living room, and the kids and the food in the kitchen.

Joe finally decided to grace us with his presence after dessert was pulled out. Don't worry, I took the whipped cream away right after the picture. I certainly didn't want him inhaling any funky proppellents or something.

Curious George Visits the Library

Once a month we visit the library with Joe's preschool/playdate group. Joe really looks forward to going every month. Every few months they have a special character visit. December's visitor was Curious George.

This was before Curious George even got there. Joe loves the story time. He also loves bringing home new books to read. He usually wants to read his borrowed books a lot the first week we have them at our house.

Will likes it too, but his attention span is much, much shorter.

After story time, they also do a craft. On this day each kid got to make a Curious George monkey out of a toilet paper tube.