Here's my little iPhone recap of what we've been up to lately...
Poor Owen had strep throat the week before Thanksgiving. He moves and plays with some sort of ball ALL THE TIME. He also rarely complains that he doesn't feel well so it's very easy to tell when he is sick. He has a horrible gag reflex and fear of things in his mouth choking him so it was no fun pinning him down for his strep test and putting him through it. Thankfully, after antibiotics, he is all better!
Mike stayed home from work one day with Owen when he was sick and let Adam stay home too. He took this picture of Adam sleeping. Adam doesn't nap every day, but on the days he does it is usually for a looooong time. He's a great napper and I'm crossing my fingers he gets morning kindergarten next year so he can still sneak in a few naps during the week if he needs to.
We took the boys to the tree lighting in our little town and then they got to meet Santa!
Adam hadn't napped that day so he was too tired to wait in the long line to see Santa and we took him home. I love this picture of the four boys.
Adam still loves to do crafts. He will take any piece of junk and make it into some sort of craft. Michaels has their Saturday morning craft clubs and on this day he was making a stocking.
Adam is in the Christmas play at church. He is an angel and has a line he has to say with two other kids. On this night he was practicing saying his line for Mike and I.
We have some pretty great neighbors. The Sunday before Thanksgiving we had a big flag football game. All the dads played first and then it was the kids' turn to play. It was a beautiful day and so much fun!
After the game we had a fire and roasted "Snores" (as Adam would say).
On Thanksgiving Eve we went to the Hershey Bears game with some friends. Cocoa made a special visit to see the boys.
The day before Thanksgiving it snowed a few inches and Owen didn't have school. It was so pretty outside. I love our house. It may be really old and isn't very big, but it is so cozy to me especially when it snows outside. Adam was going out to play.
All this view is missing is 5 little boys all bundled up playing in the snow.
And then there was Thanksgiving... my favorite holiday of the year.
We had it at our house. It was loud, crowded, and messy, but I loved it. Owen was helping to peel the potatoes for the filling.
Nana Way babysat the boys for a little bit the day after Thanksgiving. She made Ninja Turtle cookies with them. Aren't they cute?!
We spent the rest of the break getting ready for Christmas. I pulled out all our Christmas books from the attic. Ever since the boys were little I have collected books for all different holidays and seasons. At the start of each holiday I bring down the books from the attic and the boys (and I) LOVE reading them. On the first day of December I gave the boys each a pair of matching Christmas jammies. If they had them in adult sizes I would have gotten a pair for Mike and I too :)
I let the boys decorate the tree and while they did a better job this year, they still put a ton of ornaments on the very bottom and some branches have way too many ornaments. I started to fix it, but then stopped and realized it didn't really matter. Adam ends up rearranging them anyway.
I rarely ever sit (and I thought Owen got it from Mike??). However, our basement is so warm and cozy with the tree and lights and fireplace that all I want to do is snuggle on the couch and watch Christmas movies. I did a lot of this over our Thanksgiving break too...
It felt really good.
The boys were really looking forward to their Advent calendars from Nana Way again this year. This is another one of our favorite traditions.
Nana Way gave Owen and Adam their own tree for their bedroom.
Happy December!
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