First Snow

Check-up

Luke and Kate recently had their 5 and 2 year check-up's (the Star Wars room made for 2 happy boys). No shots were necessary, so both were happy little campers. Luke and Kate are both growing and developing wonderfully. Dr. Gershon asked Luke to draw 3 shapes, draw a person and write his name . . . he did awesome. Way to go, Luke! Kate wasn't asked to do much, but she did awesome during her exam (to my surprise). She let the doctor examine her without any fuss or problems at all. Way to go, Kate! Below are their stats. 

 Height: 3 ft, 6.5 inches = 31st percentile

Weight: 40.5 pounds = 42nd percentile

Vision: 20/15

Blurry picture - I had to take it quickly since she was naked and bouncing all over the table. No fear of falling off (from her).

Height: 36.25 inches = 90th percentile (still crazy tall)

Weight: 30 pounds = 80th percentile

Head Circumference: 47.5 = 44th percentile

Kate

While the boys are at school I get to hang out with this little gal all by myself. She is an absolute riot. She is FULL of personality. Kate is laid back and is pretty easy to please. She's easy to take shopping or run errands with and she's great just hanging out at home. Last week we literally sat in her room for over an hour just reading books. Each time I tried to turn her attention to playing with her kitchen stuff or something else she would say, "no mommy, read books". Okay then. I am so happy to have this time with her.

Watching the garbage truck pick up our trash. 

She fell and cut her eyelid last week - it's still a little swollen and bruised.  

The girl loves TV (this is something I consciously have to make sure she doesn't get too much of). So while I catch up on some emails and write this post she is watching her favorite show - Caillou. 

Christmas Countdown

This year we have been trying to do an activity together as a family each day/night as part of our countdown to Christmas. During our activity we discuss the true meaning of Christmas . . . it is so sweet to hear the boys talk about Jesus and how we are able to celebrate his birth. They get it! Some of the things we have done include: family movie night, game night, painted wooden snowmen plaques, hide and seek in the dark {with flashlights}, made puppy chow, colored  pictures, cut out paper snow flakes, etc... 
We have lots more fun and very simple things planned for the rest of the month. The kids are really enjoying it and I love that it makes me slow down and take a minute to do something fun and important with my kids. 

Phone Dump - our life through the lens of my iPhone

Yard Clean-up

We had a family yard clean-up day a couple of weeks ago. It was a lot of work, but that didn't stop the kids having some fun in the process. Our beautiful work was quickly ruined with some wild leaf pile jumping kids. The extra work was worth it to see the joy on their faces. 

A bath was MUCH needed after a long day outside. Our sweet babes all in one little tub. I love them.