Family Christmas

I didn't end up with a single photo from Christmas on either side of our family. I do this often and then just steal the photos from my mom's camera. Thank goodness someone remembers to take pictures! 

Play Farm with Me

Will has dragged out about 45 different cars and trucks, 25 different horses and 3 barns. He likes to play farm, but he likes it even more when someone else plays farm with him. "Play farm with me!" "Play farm with me?" 

Fun Date Night

One of our favorite Christmas traditions is going to the Nutcracker. This was the 4th or 5th year that the girls and I have gone. This year Scott went with us for the first time! We had dinner downtown at a nice restaurant with fancy dessert and then enjoyed the show! Will stayed at home with a babysitter. 

First Snow

The kids were so excited for the first snow. They played outside twice which means there were two rounds of soaking wet snow gear to dry!

Gingerbread House Making

Each year Scott spends the first weekend in December deer hunting with his Dad. So, I try to come up with activities to keep these crazy kids occupied. We kicked off the weekend with gingerbread house making. Evy had a very particular vision for how the house should look and she was the lead architect. Charlie really wanted to put the candy on the house and kept spilling it all over the floor. Will mostly just wanted to eat the candy. I need to remember to buy extra candy next year as I think eating the candy is the highlight for all three of them. 

They were not going to let the extra frosting go to waste!

And then it got cold

We had mild temperatures through the Fall and then at the end of November winter really set in. Will loves to play outside so I think this winter is going to be hard on both of us. It was just starting to lightly snow and he insisted on playing outside with water!

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving Day with Scott's family. The kids have enjoyed Papa's new purchase!

After lunch walk with all of the younger kids!

Then, off to my parent's on Friday.

The kids had fun playing school.

A hike in the woods to round out our Thanksgiving weekend.