Look closely. There is a Daddy under there somewhere.
Ben
Trains are the best.
Pageant day at church.
Breakfast with Santa today.
Ben went with me to drop off a piece of glass today. The wonderful man who runs the business was so kind to Ben. Before we left, he had given Ben two ornaments off his Christmas tree and was apologizing that he didn’t have candy canes to offer. Ben played with his ornaments all day.
I love little boys playing in the snow.
Donut morning!
I walked by Alex’s room and then did a double take. Alex decided to dress up Ben in his clothes – sweatshirt, belt, and hat. Ben was somewhat cooperative. Kaitlyn joined in the fun and grabbed his old glasses.
Arts & crafts time
(not Mom’s finest moments)
Cookies!
Peek-a-boo
Bathroom shenanigans.
Breakfast.
Chore day – with a little bit of fun.
Snow!
Time to decorate the tree!
Christmas tree time!
Headed home.
Thanksgiving Day tradition.
Granny gets all the attention.
We stopped for the coolest milkshakes ever – The Grind.
Thankfully this little guy can’t read a calendar yet! Since we were all sick yesterday we pushed off the celebrating to today.
I grew up with a family saying of “Harpers never get sick.” Pretty much my entire life that has held true. I can think of maybe a handful times in my entire life the kids and I have a been sick. Before today I could also say that we had all never been sick at the same time. Only Ben escaped the wrath of this 24 hour bug – lucky guy.
We tend to wake up slowly and in shifts at Gram’s house. That also means the little ones often get cartoons. They usually don’t complain about that.
Headed home for the holidays.
We celebrated Ben’s birthday today since we won’t be home for his actual birthday.
2 is a fun birthday.
It’s leftovers for dinner. While I was fixing everyone else’s plates, Ben evidently decided to dive into the cold black beans.
I never know what I’m going to find with this guy. Today it was sparkle slippers and hiding in Pepper’s kennel.
The baby express coming through.
This boy loves his winter hats.
Masked Bandit.
Ben just wants to make loud noises and Madisons just wants to check for food.
Conferences.
The Ben express is leaving the station.
Kaitlyn had a Cheer Showcase so we all went to show support.
1980’s McDonald’s toys still going strong.
Guess where we went today?
The chaos of Sunday morning.
This kid still loves to stack anything and everything.
Checking up on the rules.
Dance off 2019
Off to see Miss Jennifer for the day.
Big brother Teague is pretty awesome.
All in one frame. A rarity.
Sunday morning shenanigans.
Hey cutie.
Kaitlyn has been spending many hours circling items in catalogs. Ben was so excited to find a catalog unattended and quickly grabbed a pencil.
Military guy, Elsa, Lion, Futuristic Ninja
Chance of rain – says Ben.