Saturday, December 31, 2016

Miscellaneous December

Decades day!


Presdient's report: Martin Van Buren's Twitter Feed! We spent forever on this, but it's nice to have homework that lets James learn creatively instead of busy work (soapbox issue) and that I can actually help with (as opposed to Odyssey).


3rd grade gingerbread house day:


Nana and Papa hard at work helping out over Christmas break. We wish we always had family close by!

Sleepover while Nana and Papa stay in James' room.

Rosemary loves minions!

New Years Eve games got a late start.

There was a fight as Ruthie refused to give up the star insisting that James always gets to put the star on the tree. Blog books to the rescue: we confirmed his last turn was 2010.

Monday, December 26, 2016

Christmas 2016

Homemade matching jammies--nightgowns this year!













Homemade gifts from Mom (Lisa):
























Claire was in a great phase of LOVING every single thing!








The sleeping bags were a "need" gift that I saved for Christmas to make the tree look more full, but they were a huge hit! Ruthie slept on hers on her bedroom floor for weeks and then kept it permanently in her bed.