Isaac got his 3rd set of ear tubes at the beginning of December. Hooray for hearing again!
More 'dude' hair!
Sweet Lily.
Isaac doesn't stay made for long...
My mom made & hand-dipped over 200 pounds of chocolates this year!
The kids got to visit this awesome Santa!
Sleeping under the Christmas tree!
Isaac actually made it sleeping under the tree with Ava & Owen this year! Usually he is to excited to sleep and ends up in his bed but he loved it this year. And Lily gave it a good try a couple of times but liked to party to much.
Ava joined the jingle bell club in her class at school because she can tie her own shoes, zip up her own coat and put on her own gloves. She was so proud!
We were grateful for some warm weather so we could finally get our leaves raked up. Owen & Ava were awesome helpers.
Matt had another trip to China the beginning of December. One of the nights he was gone we watched the Muppet Christmas Carol and loved it. I totally cried on the part when the ghost of Christmas future shows Tiny Tim gone and Ava said, "why? it's not even real." Luckily Owen defended me and told her, "cause it's sad Ava."
Isaac was pretty mad I wasn't holding on at first but he figured out the balance bike!
Owen got a google account at school and was super into making 'docs.' Every spare second he had he was creating and sharing his docs.
Isaac's mohawk is still going strong.
While Matt was in China I got a little "funned out" a few times between the day to day stuff, some sickness, Lily figuring out how to get out of her crib, and tired ears from trying to listen to everyone talk at once and this happened...
I was helping Owen put on his ice skates for a lesson when Ava ran over and told me Isaac & Lily went into the Men's bathroom. I finished helping Owen then went over and called to make sure no one else was in there and discovered Isaac had taken off all of his clothes so he go potty and Lily was on the floor peeking out to see me. Gross. So while Isaac was going pee Lily grabbed a plastic thing out of the bottom of the urinals that totally grossed me out so I stopped helping Isaac and grabbed Lily to wash her hands when of course, a gentleman walked in and we enjoyed that awkward moment when he wonders what he should do. So I grabbed both kids and Isaac's clothes and apologized to the man and ran to the girls bathroom where I got Isaac dressed and we all washed our hands for a long time.
When Ava ran over at the beginning to tell me Isaac & Lily were in the bathroom I had this little scene from Emperor's New Groove run through my mind-
Bring it on Booyahahaha!
But wait, there's more... While I was trying to watch Owen in his lessons and keep Isaac & Lily from running out into the rink I decided that although it's not super safe, for my sanity they could play under the bleachers. Isaac's not usually super adventurous but he climbed up these diagonal bar things then lost his footing so he was hanging about 10 feet up when Ava yelled for me and I was able to get to him just in time. Luckily, we all lived to tell the tale.
And then Daddy came home the next day! And all was right with the world again!
