It's been a pretty eventful week. With December starting, we've started to get into Christmas things, like letters to Santa, seeing A Christmas Carol, and getting family pictures taken. We were pretty busy last week, but we had a good time. There were also a bunch of cute moments between the kids as well. And then of course, as it does, hair got long. Like, ALL the hair got long. Brooke, Winry and Grayson all got haircuts the same night! For Grayson it was his very first! The girls both cut their hair to shoulder length.
Winry still loves to play with her Halloween candy. She likes to sort it by colors and such. I got it down for her one day, and Grayson came over to look in the bag! I thought Grayson looked so cute walking over and looking in!
On Monday night, we had family pictures. We wanted to get some pictures for Christmas cards, and there was no time like the present! The kids were really good for pictures, and we all had fun which made smiles much easier to come by! We've reviewed the pictures, but I don't know if we gave our selection back yet, but we haven't gotten the final pictures back.
The girls like to help put Grayson down for naps. Brooke does it most, but I know Winry has done it a time or two. Here's Brooke putting him down for a nap.
This past week I finally started working on picture frames. We've had some tablets set up as digital picture frames for a while, and I bought material to make picture frames quite a while ago and finally got to cutting stuff this past week. I still want to stain the wood, and I need to put a stand on the back so it doesn't have to lean on the wall, but it looks nice!
On Tuesday night Monica and I had a date night! Monica got tickets to A Christmas Carol. So we headed to downtown Denver for the show. It was GREAT! After we tried to drive through downtown to see decorations, but it turns out 16th street is no cars/walking only, so my right hand turn didn't quite pan out, but we did get to drive by them.
The swing has been back in business over the last week. The kids have been LOVING it! The weather has been way too warm for December, but at least we're making good use of it.
The kids worked on letters to Santa this past week. Here's Brooke looking over a magazine for things she wants.
Here's Winry with her completed list. We were shooting for letters over lists, but lists happened first, followed by meltdowns. I think my letter went as far as "Dear Santa, I've tried to be good this year..." and then it was calming kids into beds for bedtime.
Speaking of bedtime, Jelly was there to provide entertainment! She was actually taking a nap on Brooke's bed, which Brooke loves. Brooke wishes Jelly would stay there with her, but Jelly basically always gets up and leaves when Brooke gets into bed.
Grayson and I have been going on walks decently often lately. He loves to go on walks, so when we wake him up from a nap and he's really grumpy we hit the town!
On Saturday, Monica and Brooke headed out for a date! The girls both earned a reward for being good going to bed like... a month and a half ago, AND Brooke has stopped sucking her thumb! So she was also getting a reward for that. They went to get manicures and pedicures as Brooke has super been wanting to go.
Afterwards, they hit up Kneaders for lunch. They had a super time, their nails look great, and Brooke brought home a cookie that she shared with me!
Here she is with her Santa cookie. I got an eye, the nose and some beard. I think when Monica got home, I was technically asleep on the floor, but Grayson and Winry were both playing right there within arms reach.
When I headed up to change to go for a run, Jelly thought it was a great time to explore my drawer. She jumped in and laid straight down. Here she's giving a big yawn. She didn't stay in there for too long, so I did get to shut the drawer again.
It was a pretty great week! We got a lot done, and had a lot of fun. We're getting excited and ready for Christmas. Hope everyone has a wonderful week ahead!
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