Cozy Bears

I took the boys out for a neighborhood wagon ride around dusk this evening. By the time we were on our way back home, a lot of the houses along the way had turned their Christmas lights on. We are planning on spending a few nights in Yosemite after Christmas, so we borrowed some cozy clothes for Levi from Cousin Forest who lives up in cold country, Montana. This was Levi's first time wearing mittens, and he was pretty curious about them at first. Luckily, he kept them on the whole time, along with Forest's fleece jacket, and was warm and toasty when we got home. I also got Parker a super warm and cozy jacket, which he loves, and which should keep him nice and warm in Yosemite. We definitely usually dress like beach people in the snow, so hopefully we will be a little bit prepared :) Although I think he kind of looks like he's going out hunting for caribou or something in the camo jacket...

Sick-Day Crafting

Welcome to winter--our family is deep in cold and flu season once again. Although I love Christmas time, and have always looked forward to this time of year, now that Parker is in school I'm finding that I miss summer more and more. Why? Because we are all miraculously healthy all summer long, and then once winter rolls around, all four of us stew in colds for months on end. Parker has been under the weather for a week or so now, and had his worst day yesterday. He is much better today, although I think he might have to miss another day of school tomorrow (sadly, because it's his last day before Christmas break). We did a little half-hearted craft this afternoon, since he was getting bored hanging out in the house although at the same time he's really not healthy enough to go out and play (and Levi is on his first super sick day of this round of illness). On the bright side, Parker did get to wear his apron that I made him a while ago out of a dish towel--he picked out the ribbon himself :)

Levi's First Word

Is "Ball"! 


Although he is quite the little noisemaker, and although he's made a few sounds that have seemed like words, I'm calling his most definite first word as ball. He says it whenever he sees a ball or a ball-like object, often and consistently. We're still waiting for a definite "Mama" "Dada" or "Parker," though :)

Hello?

One of Levi's favorite toys--which I'm sure we'll regret at some point--is the phone. He even puts it up to his ear like he's talking :) He also loves to push the buttons, so apologies if any of you receive strange phone calls!

Gettin' Saucy

Checking In With Parker

Parker and Rainbow Fish, a.k.a. Rainbowy, a.k.a. Rainbow, are best buds these days--Parker has been taking him everywhere with us, he sleeps with him every night, he makes costumes for him, plays games with him, talks to him, etc., etc. Parker even did a trial run on Monday to see if he wants to try to bring Rainbow Fish to school with him sometime--he brought a not-so-favorite stuffy (one he can stand to lose) and stuck it in his cubby in his classroom for the day, just checking to see how things would go. All was well with his stuffy by the end of the school day, so he just might be willing to risk it with Rainbow one of these days. We thought we lost Rainbow in Target last week, and I was truly panicked. I just might need to order a duplicate Rainbow Fish one of these days just in case...