December Fun

December is here!

jammies

books

All three How to Train Your Dragon movies

Monroe's letter to Santa

Graham was sick with a really croupy cough

Grading some writing while home with sick boys

Cousin Oliver had his birthday at the bowling alley.  It was Pierce and Graham's first time bowling.

Our three kids LOVE playing doctor with Grandpa Dennis.  One kid is Grandpa's assistant and another is a patient.

Christmas Sing-Along on the last day before break.

I was gifted this star by one of my teaching partners.  Love it!

Graham had an ingrown toenail.  Then, one morning, when he woke up, it looked like this.  The doctor drained it and put him on an antibiotic.

PJ Masks masks

Children's museum over Christmas break

Uncle Derek had a game in Kearney.  A bunch of us went to watch.

The Nine Christmas party

The weather was not great, so we almost had to postpone it.  I ended up staying the night at Jackie's so that I didn't have to drive on icy roads in the dark.

Love them!

750 piece puzzle in one afternoon

New Year's Eve

Pierce had a fever the day before New Year's, so we planned a fun evening at home.  Because he was fighting sickness, we started the countdown at 5:00.

Balloon #1 was "Pin the Tail on the Llama"

We were belly laughing at this point.  Pierce was headed in the wrong direction, but he was so confident.

Balloon #2 was "Supper by Candlelight"

 We had never done this before, and it was really fun.  We had cheeseburger soup.

Balloon #3 was "Glow in the Dark Ring Toss"

 After a while, we switched to wine bottles.  These had narrower tops and didn't fall over.  We were all much more successful.

Balloon #4 was "Decorate Cookies"

Instead of colored frosting.  This time we did different sprinkles.  This was fun for them.

Balloon #5 was "Countdown to the New Year"

 We watched a countdown video on TV.  Then we toasted and made some noise.

This was one of the best evenings we've ever had as a family.  It was so simple, but so fun!  We will definitely do this again!