Just one of those weeks

My buddy and me hanging out on the stairs.

Light snow on Friday.

Sisters cuddling during the First Presidency Christmas devotional.

Typical Toby.

Paul and I played Clue with the girls one night. Grace won!

Naughty!

Healthy dinner one night: salmon and salad.

Paul bought me flowers:)

Practicing pretend play with a stuffed monkey. I think he's starting to get it.

Listening in on Charlie's zoom call.

Schooltime selfie.

Paul and Alice starting to take down parts of the trampoline for the winter.

Sunset.

We got a text with this photo when our Wal-Mart groceries were delivered by the Door Dash guy. So slick!

Charlie did a decent job shoveling the driveway this morning.

Mid change.

Charlie and Toby on the piano together.

Charlie's new mask from Grandma Terisa. He wears it at home sometimes to acclimate himself for our 24-hour date in a couple weeks.

Today, we decided to try feeding Toby at his little table instead of the highchair. Charlie sat with him at lunch, then Alice at dinner. They modeled good behavior including napkin use, supervised him so he wouldn't make too huge of a mess, and engaged in conversation with him. He seemed super attentive, with good eye contact, and liked having someone right across from him giving him one-on-one attention. Win!

Out and about in the cold

 

Our porch. I love that Paul is willing to do all the work of hanging Christmas lights!

At the Eccles Nature Preserve in Farmington this morning.

These nesting poles had some raptors on them.

We got so close to this red-tailed hawk!

Frozen pond.

Donating Christmas breakfast packs to the Bountiful Food Pantry. Each bag has a box of pancake mix, muffin mix, and cocoa packets, and a bottle of juice, syrup, and jam.

Rocky road brownies!

Silly Danny.

Toby had a zoom Christmas party for Early Intervention. Crafts and songs mostly. I kept him there almost the whole half hour by giving him Smarties whenever he tried to leave!

Sibling horse rides.

I love when the kids are all just writing and drawing together, making their own fun.

Charlie's assignment for camouflage. He had to color and hide a butterfly. See it?

Our gifts for Jesus this Christmas.

I made my own Light the World list for our family, customized to us and our kids. Each person just picks one (or often more) to do each day. It's been really great!

Our tree.

Walking around the temple on Sunday.

Our favorite Christmas decoration near the temple: a shark in a tree!

Lights at the park in Centerville.

Toby loved all the new Christmas books that came out of storage!

Pheasant we saw this morning.

Red-tailed hawk.

We were so close to it!

Toby in a new sequined Santa hat.

On a walk on Main Street. These are the main city lights in front of the post office.

The nativity in front of the Bountiful tabernacle.

The gingerbread house festival at the arts center was a little small this year.

Reading Christmas books together.

Temple.

Charlotte's Web-themed Christmas decoration outside the used book shop on Main Street. Perfect, since Charlie is reading the book in school right now!