that's disgusting!

about a month ago libby learned to say disgusting. it still cracks me up to hear her say it.

early december

okay, so i'm a little behind. but here are some pictures and happenings from earlier this month:

asleep in her chair, again.

maria really enjoys playing piano. she's had a lot of fun playing christmas music and she started playing in the "hymns made easy" book. i admire her motivation. she likes to play things that are challenging.

i love the days when school is done happily and peacefully.

before you freak out, this is NOT the plunger for the toilet. this is for the kitchen sink. yes, still gross, but not as bad as the other. she's "strumming" it. she was using it as her guitar.

the fort/house/pirate ship we built in the front room.

earlier this month we celebrated hudson's birthday. he is four now. man, time goes by way too fast. he had a great birthday.

he got an adventure set with a flashlight, binoculars and a compass.

hugging all his presents.

new clothes. i had to take the pants back, tho - he didn't like them. they never like what i pick out which is why this year, for christmas, i didn't give any of them clothes.

and the next day was ethan's birthday.

hudson, the little stinker, snuck in there at the last second to "help" dad blow out the candles.

christmas pictures coming soon.

favorite kid quote of the week

hudson: i feel something, like, scratching in the crack of my bum . . . i think it's a bee.

christmas tree

we got a christmas tree - lovingly picked out by my niece and cut by my bro-in-law. lincoln likes it. he rolls right over there in his little walker and plays with it. that was okay until we decorated it last night. we'll see how that goes.

the kids had so much fun decorating the tree that they were still talking about it this morning.

school with libby

libby gets bored during school. poor girl. i try to keep her busy but there's no one activity that holds her attention for very long. a lot of times she's left to her own devices. sometimes that's bad. sometimes it's just funny. i thought these things were kinda funny.

pinching the wall.

reading in lincoln's walker.

for you homeschooling mom's, any tips for keeping a not-even-two-year-old-yet busy during school? i've only figured out how to divide my time between hudson and maria. they are so young that they are time-intensive for me. what about libby? how do you school so many kids at once?

only look if you want to see seriously cute kids!

man, my kids are cute . . .

look how big he's getting!

finally lost that front tooth. the next one is coming soon. she'll be able to say "all i want for christmas is my two front teeth."