Adventures in Dental Dispossession

In December, 

this guy decided to lose a couple more teeth, 

bringing his total to 6!

With the first one, he insisted that the Tooth Fairy was going to bring him "paper money."

So the tooth fairy decided she would go ahead and shell out the whole buck, because she loves this boy.

And by the time I got up the next morning the "paper money" looked like this: 

He claimed that he "wanted to share it with everybody" but there were a lot of pieces hidden under his bed, which leads me to believe that he was aware that this might not have been his most wise decision.

So with the next tooth (which happened to be the next day), 

the Tooth Fairy got smart (and cheap) and gave him this kind of money:

 It was apparently delicious (and not her wisest decision) because then there was chocolate on the sheets, and wrappers under the bed.

Sigh.

The Tooth Fairy cannot win. 

In Which We Encounter a Break in Gravity

In a sudden burst of anti-gravity, there have been numerous sightings of Various Flying Objects.

Take Pajama Pants on the Fan, for example.

And Pizza Crust on the Cupboards.

Socks on the Light Fixture.

And Underwear on the Curtains.

This particular display included no less than 8 objects which floated simultaneously to the top of the cupboard in an apparent effort to dislodge the buckets of Halloween candy.

Historically, we have also had trouble with Rampantly Roving Socks.

Such as this guy who thought he'd take a spin in the fire truck.

And this one, who thought he was a dish towel.

Or this guy who wanted to Spin on the Fan (and again defied gravity to do so).

Impressive.

And despite the fact that no one ever seems to know how these adventures came about, I have a feeling there are 2 little boys who might have some influence on this particular bit of gravity...

First Snow!

The first good snow arrived, and the boys were so excited to go out and play.  They'd actually been asking me since sometime around July when it was going to snow again, so they could go sledding.  That's a long time to wait, I suppose.  I, for one, was in no hurry to rush things.  I'm much more a summertime girl myself.

 Nevertheless, here was the snow.  So we got all "bungled up" and out we went.  

Sledding at last!

And lots of snow-eating.

She was not going to be left out of this adventure.

And she's never one to pass up food.  :)

 

Must be time to come in.

December

So then December rolled around, and with it lots of snow and Christmas Funtivity 

and all that.  

Here are my fave photos from December: 

Cuteness.

He and his daddy built this awesome lego house.

And we got around to putting up the Christmas Tree: 

 There were lots of good helpers.

Isaac was very disappointed the next morning when there were still no presents under the tree.

They eventually did arrive. 

And in the meantime, he made a gingerbread house.

And I made lots of cookies. 

In Which The Baby Turns 2

This girl is growing up way too fast!  

Can't imagine life without her. 

So grateful I get to be her mama.

She's sassy.

And sweet.

And snuggly.

And screamy.

She's pretty sure she's the boss of the world. 

She loves ice cream, and frosting.

The cake not as much.

She opened her presents.

Tho she wasn't quite fast enough for the boys' liking.

And checked out the new loot.

So thankful for this girl.

In Which We Attempt to Catch Up Again: Cancun

November was a big(ish) month in our house.  John and I went with another couple to Cancun, 

and the kids were living the good life at Grandma and Grandpa's house!  

Here are the Cancun highlights: 

We stayed here.

It rained for most of the first couple days.

But we hung out at the beach anyway when it wasn't too wet, 

reading books under the tents.

We walked to the Lagoon

We saw some Mayan Ruins.

We hung out with our friends.

And made new friends. 

Cuz Life's a Party in Mexico!

November

So... here we are again. Way behind on posting. I guess I'm just not feelin' it for the blog these days.  But since Aunt Amber is pretty insistent that she needs an update, here we go.  

The November Highlights

We took selfies.

Eli got a weird rash.  Twice.

Isaac built... an awesome thing.

Raya got new hair.  And a lot of attitude.

She likes to double-fist it with the crayons.

We built an awesome lego house.

... with some help from Ababa.

Raya was cute. (Photo credit to Eli.)

We did some laundry.

A good time was had by all.