Some December Fun

December sure was a busy month.  I will have lots of posts to catch up on! 

Here are a few things:

Some snowflakes Jaylyn and I made

Adley doing some pattern blocks for school time

Jaylyn doing her spelling activities

Visit with friends – Here is Josiah – so funny!

Same visit – Here are the girls with Abigail

Awana Skate Party – Jaylyn with Malaine and Hannah

Adley took a bit but she finally got out there by herself!

She moved from the carpet, then skated with cousin Mark

Leighton just hung out like this as usual.  :-)

Jaylyn skating away.  She LOVES to skate.

Here is Adley out in the rink by herself.         

18 month old Cutie

Well, I’m a bit late, but Leighton is now 1 1/2.  She finally made it over 20 pounds.  :-) 

For those that like to compare stats - At her appointment mid December, she was 32 inches tall and 20 lbs, 9 oz.  Adley was actually only 31.75 inches and 19 lbs, 6 oz at her 18 month appointment.  They did appointments differently when Jaylyn was that age, but at her 15 month appointment she was already 32 inches and 22 lb, 14 oz. 

Here are some shots of sweet Leighton playing around with her sisters and being a ham.

 

Champaign

A couple weekends ago, we went with Mark and Shannon (without any kids!) to see Brett and his girlfriend, Rachel, and to get some Christmas shopping finished. It snowed quite a bit just like the last trip we made with Mark and Shannon. Hmnmmm. . . . At least this time Shannon and I didn't embarrass anyone by wearing garbage bags on our feet and legs. Hee hee! We had a fun time and got a lot finished. Power shopping=Achey-legs! We also got to visit at Brett's church where he is serving and meet more of his friends. Awesome! Thank you grandparents! :-)

Here we are at Cocomero. Yum!

Tree Trimming

Just snagged a few photos of the girls decorating the tree.  They sat and waited for TJ to bring the stuff up from the basement again.  They anxiously waited for their own personal ornaments and ooohhhed and ahhhhed over all of them.  Leighton slept through it all and awoke to a beautifully decorated tree.  :-)She doesn’t really mess with it much.  Hooray! 

Adley decorated the same couple branches for us.  :-)

The star!

Jaylyn had a shot at the star too.

Jaylyn enjoyed making it all perfect.

I think I’m awake – now what is going on.

After getting her partially changed, she began to explore the wonders of the tree.  Mostly she looks at the tree and says “Ball!”

Hmmmmmm. . .     

Some Thanksgiving Snapshots

We were with TJ’s side of the family for Thanksgiving this year.  Always a fun time with this precious family!  I didn’t get to focus too much on taking pictures this day.  So, these are just some random snap shots of family members while stuffing their face.  Apologies to all whose stuffing faces I am about to post.  Hee hee!

The boy room – with tv of course.

Some more lovely family eating.  :-)

Adley heading down stairs

I can’t call this one a kids table because there are TEENAGERS there!  When did that happen?  :-)

Malaine and friend, Alex.  The only picture I got of her and her eyes are closed.  :-)

Mavery and Adley.  I realized that the population of this room for part of the day was around 60% Chinese.  :-)

Jaylyn and Dalayna

Leighton – Just noticed that the only color food on her tray is yellow or orange.  :-)  I promise I gave her some green items too.  Hee hee!

Leighton and friend, Luke.  Who is in control of this vehicle?  :-)

Some of more of the gals.   Sorry – more closed eyes and stuffing face.

And then we all decided to cram in for a picture!   

It was a great tukey day!

Fall Leaf Fun

Maybe I will get all these fall pics posted before Christmas.  :-)

This was on one of the nicer days in the midst of the cold.  The girls always love playing in leaves and they enjoyed introducing Leighton to the fun. 

Leaves!

Yea!

Here it comes. .

Poke!

Ha! Ha!

You’re next!

Unsure

Just taking a little time to read.

Scoop!

This is fun!

Find a leaf

Ballet and the “Ingrums”

Adley took ballet at the homeschool group classes this year.  She had a lot of fun!  Here are some shots from their last day.

Joining hands

onesy-twosy!

Ballerina Adley

Their teacher had them go into the center of the circle and do their favorite ballet move.  Adley did quite a twirl!

Adley and one of her friends!

Also, here is Adley in her Indian vest and head gear from preschool.  I thought it was so funny that she told me they had been studying about the indians and the “ingrums”.  (The Ingrums are actually a family that are friends of ours serving as missionaries in Peru.  Hee hee!) 

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