Decembrrrr

 Ripley loved his Christmas hat

our lil tree (it was disposed of finally this year...
it served its time)

 we set the treadmill out for trash day and it looked funny in the yard // Claire loves being outside!

 we had a great big leaf pile that the kids loved, and I was so satisfied by clearing the leaves out of the carport

 more swim lessons for the boys!

Claire still stays in her carseat most of the time,
but she is also starting to delve into the world of cart sitting!

grateful for our cute little Stuhr park, three blocks from our house!

blankies on the floor, suckers.....we do what we have to do to survive church haha

Stockton wanted to make his December art project a Spongebob gingerbread man

first Christmas as 4 siblings!

our favorite tradition: cramming together in the front of the car to look at Christmas lights in the fancy neighborhoods!

I visited Stockton at school and it was so fun to see his desk and his friends and his routine.

Jack's "hunting" hat haha, thank you Dollar Store

getting so curious!

why aren't sleeping adults cute like this?!

my students had a Christmas piano recital and they were all so cute and nervous! I gave them each a little goodie bag with a picture of them at the piano I had taken at their lesson

Saturday mornings

I can't remember what this experiment was supposed
to be, but Jack was very proud

waiting for school to be over to see Stockton and Natalie!

One of Stockton's helpers at school, Miss Emily, had this great idea earlier this year that Stockton could help deliver the mail to different classrooms. He usually rides a little tricycle (because it's fun and because it uses up some good energy) but for Christmas they decorated a little cart that they pushed around to deliver the mail. Miss Emily even makes "pretend" letters when there isn't any mail to deliver so Stockton can still feel useful. She is amazing! I think these pictures are the cutest.