A Merry Christmas

Caleb woke up from a nap to find a tree in the living room!!

What do we do now?

Time to decorate it!

Lookin' good!

Hanging balls on trees in the house?

This is so silly!

Turned out all right.

Candy party at the kitchen table.
These kids love Christmas time.

We went Christmas shopping and Caleb was excited to see four tables full of toy cars and trucks!

It snowed!  Time to bundle up!

Having a good time.

Mom caught Caleb shoving snow into the truck's gas compartment.
Apparently this was no surprise to Dad, who found small rocks in his car's compartment a few month's ago.

Dad got the violin out.  Caleb loved it.

"Me try!"

Hold on guys, the movie's starting.

Caleb was happy to find this truck bib so he could wear a truck all day!

It's the night of Jayden's dance recital.

Time to stretch.

Group stretching and warm ups.

We are ready to dance!

Good job Jayden!  We are so proud of you!

Sitting with her friends that danced that night too.

December 21, 2020
Saturn and Jupiter are the closest in the sky they've been in 400 years.
Sounds like pizza night out in the frozen desert.

Yum.

And don't forget some hot chocolate!

Ok, it's time to go see.  Bundle up Caleb!

Pretty cool.

"Chahj!"
If you look carefully at what he's pointing at, you can see he is trying to charge this boot in this computer.

Playing some Minecraft.

Oh boy.
Visiting the library without a toddler sounds so peaceful.

But for now we enjoy our time hanging out at the library.

Lite-Bright night!

'Twas two days before Christmas, and in Daddy's arm
Was some freak mRNA, that did him no harm.

Christmas eve!
Pay no attention to the tree with all the balls up out of Caleb's reach.

Santa came!

Exploring their gifts.

A camera!!

Daddy only got coal!

Santa was messing around with Jayden's camera before he left it for her.

That is a big doll house!

The sun is barely up, but these kids want to go try out their new adventure backpacks!

Trying to get a picture of Caleb in his new monster truck shirt can be difficult.

"Here I am!"

After a stocking full of candy, it's a good idea to brush your teeth.

Over and river and through the woods.

Now for a real adventure, exploring the woods behind Grammy's house.

I'm lookin' pretty good.

We'd better carve a spear.  There are cougars out here!

Time to open more presents.
Carter seems upset.  "I don't have a big gift like that."

An art kit for Jayden!

Oooh!

It's a truck that holds cars!!!

Caleb loves it already.

Hey, I got a really big one!

It's a pogo stick!

Time to go adventuring some more.

Jayden decided to stay and hot tub with daddy instead.

Caleb trying to be grouchy after his nap, but daddy won't let him.

It's not Christmas without a puzzle!

Mom was looking around the house for Caleb.
Finally she spotted him here.  He loves hide and seek.

This started with just Caleb hiding.  With each person that found him, they had to stay and hide with him, calling out for someone to come find them.  Grumpy was the last one and had to find this bunch hiding under a table.

Grumpy helping Caleb float.