Just January

Pizza and Spy Kids 3D with Carter.
A perfect afternoon for him.

Enjoying some Grammy time in the sun.

Queen Jayden

They are coming

Ready to rock and roll

Me too!

Planting a tree in the snow

Blubber experiment.
Hey, it's not even cold at all!

Poor sick girl.
Luckily Daniel Tiger prepared her for this.
"When you're sick, rest is best, rest is best." (She sang that all day)

Even when she's sick she's a good helper.

Boo!

The wand chooses the wizard at Olivanders.

Hiking in January?
What is this, Arizona???

Time for a water break.

They aren't out playing in the snow.  They are out eating it.

Carter's owl balloon from July finally popped.

Jayden's had only made it until August.
Both kids were equally devastated.
"My balloony!!"

Tickling the keys with Daddy.

Christmas time is here

We just cleaned up all the fort stuff.
Time to start another fort.

"Dad, did you get our tree from the middle of this tree?"

Jayden reading with her bestie.

Heh heh heh heh heh.

What a good big brother.

"I've been really good!"

We told them to put on their jammies.
Then they saw the snow.

Jayden taking good care of this tree.

Lovin' Daddy time.

Lovin' Grandma time.

Driving in a winter wonderland isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Carter left this note on the sidewalk for his friends across the street from Grandma's house.

"Dear Santa, I want to have a microscope and a walkie-talkie, so I don't really know what I want."

Christmas morning (for us)

Jayden got the truck she asked Santa for.

Yay for dresses!

Thanks Santa!

Take that Santa! Mom and Dad one-upped you!

Groovy

The Christmas story if Mary and Joseph had lived in Canada.

What??!!  Santa came again!  

The #1 and #2 gift of the season.

More fort stuff!!!!

What did they put in that eggnog!

And now, a word from Craig.

"Silence"

Merry Christmas Mom and Dad

This has been a word from Craig.

Climbing, hiking, and other fun

Went climbing at the Quarry for a residency activity. The kids were pretty excited.
Jayden: "I've got this."

Spiderman in action.

"Am I almost to the top?"

Check out those calves. 

We told him he could lay back if he got tired. He would go up one step and then do this.

So tired from all the climbing. 

He did very well on this section of wall. He started to get nervous when he got to the M.

This was JJ's limit. She got to the C and was done.

JJ decided that this was how she wanted her hair done today. She looks very cute.

Bundled up for a chilly ride to school.
Carter with his spy glasses looking pretty cool. 

Came in to check on them and found them both in bed like this.

Best buddies in the bike trailer.
"Go Utes!"
"Go Purple!"

"In west Philadelphia born and raised..."

Hiking in Big Spring Hollow on one of the last warm days.

"Can we stop for snack?" (5 minutes into the hike, then again at 10 minutes, 15, and 20. Stopped for lunch at 25)

Cool picture with an amazing beard!

Looking through the wrong side of the binoculars, but she sure had fun with them. 

Lunch break on a log.

Cute couple 

Carter had to find a hiking stick.

Jayden as a cow in the nativity program. It was a very moo-ving performance.

Robinson family run night nativity scene.

The fort is getting more and more elaborate. Eventually it will take over the house.

Carter made this bridge for Jayden because she couldn't jump across like he could.
Very creative, but we had to nix this because it wasn't super strong or sturdy.
We gave them one day of the bridge.

"We need more bows!"

Carter's school work.

As a homework assignment he was supposed to disguise his turkey so that it didn't get eaten on Thanksgiving. He decided to dress the Turkey, and himself, as a spy.

Doing "homework" with a friend.

I guess she was cold. We found her with almost every clothing item she owns on her bed. Took us 15 minutes to fold it all and put it away.
Those two middle drawers are completely empty.

Merry Christmas from JJ

Merry Christmas from Carter!