Collin received Lincoln Logs, a favorite toy in my house, for Hanukkah. We've built many log cabins in the few months of their existence, though we've yet to have the intricate toy soldier battles of my childhood (where each side builds a Lincoln Log fort, stands up the 50-or-so soldiers, and then uses coins to knock over the opponent's soldiers). More fun to follow with these wooden blocks!
Over Christmas break, Collin and I went to see
Lyle, Lyle Crocodile, a play for children downtown. As much as I wanted him to love it, Collin's not a huge fan of musical plays yet. He was fidgety and distracted despite our front row seats. But he stood in line at the end for autographs -
And acted like it was his favorite thing for a photo -
We bought my parents a wireless speaker for Christmas. Cas had to try it out beforehand which led to us buying one for ourselves. And when trying out a wireless speaker, of course the kids needed to dance!
Cas' company had a white elephant gift exchange. Cas received a beta fish (named Bibbit, miraculously still alive) and a selfie stick, which we used for a Christmas Eve family selfie!
Christmas Day hugs for Grandma Libia and cousin Jonathan from Wonder Woman and Collin -
I took the kids to a neighborhood park one cold day over the break. It was probably only 40-degrees but cloudy and windy. The kids could have stayed much longer, but I called it after less than an hour.
For New Year's Eve, we took the kids to the Rockets Game. Collin cheered his heart out for James Harden and the Rockets, giving high fives to fans sitting near by. Maya was enjoying herself, mostly because she had a one-foot box of popcorn until she saw Clutch, the Rockets mascot. And like she is towards all adults in costumes, she was terrified. She spent the remainder of the game scanning nervously for the "teddy bear."
Fake smiles from my girl -
Lollipops for the win - they can get us through just about any situation where we need Maya to hang tight longer than she'd prefer!
Oh this girl. We put her to bed in the center of an empty bed. And almost every night we check on her and remove the 10-30 books she's brought over from her bookshelf. Love that this night, we caught her asleep with two different Bible stories open.
Collin explaining why his parents argue - quite astute observations!
My mom and I met my friend Rebekah and her two younger kids at the Children's Museum. We had a great morning, though all three kids left soaking wet in the winter from playing in the boat area!
Date night selfie (with the stick!)
Library time and the park on a warmer day, with Maya getting better and braver climbing the wooden structure -
We surprised our birthday boy on the Friday before his birthday at school with four generations.
Fun winter with family, friends and a new fish!
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