Last week of school before Christmas Break

Some neighbors brought stroopwaffles, so we had to have cocoa with them.

Daddy eating breakfast at Toby's little table.

My boys and me on Sunday.

Charlie sliding down the stairs in a sleeping bag.

Facetime with Grandpa Flake. The boys wanted to learn to make "chitlins".

Bird outside our kitchen window.

Getting ready to roll out the sugar cookie dough.

Reading and cuddling with my little guy.

Frosting sugar cookies.

Christmasy Alice.

Danny.

Charlie.

Grace.

Chitlins.

Playing chess by himself.

Mesmerized by the fire.

Cozy.

Paul working on three laptops at once, trying to fix technical issues.

Charlie's Christmas frog.

Um, yeah...

Headband baby.

He loves using his snake as a scarf.

Computer time with Danny.

Bundled up baby.

Snowy day.

Sugar cookie rolling and cutting.

Doing his computer work.

Big boy's first Big Mac!

Frosting the cookies.

One of the cousins posted this classic pic of our trip to Canada in 1989.

Toby's first time wearing snowpants.

Toby has been a little too interested in the Christmas ornaments:(

My love.

Charlie all bundled up.

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!