Leo is seven!!

Leo was so happy to wake up to his birthday on a Friday morning!! He opened a couple of things that morning, and then went to school. Jason and I did lunch bunch with him and brought Krispy Kreme donuts to share with his class. Leo had fun being the special person that day! That night we had a video game night at his request and he stayed up later than the other two kids. Sweet Leo is seven and the years are just flying by!!





Leo requested brownies from a box for his birthday and birthday party, so that's what we had!



Leo's birthday party was at BounceU again this year, and he had lots of fun!! Although, it was a little hard to pull him away from building his Legos that morning to get him to the party!

We love you, Leo, and the wonderful kid that you are!


Leo’s stats from his well visit:

4’2” — 78%

52lbs —55%

BMI 14.8 — 29%

Vision —20/15

And for the birthday quiz!

1. How old are you? Seven 

2. What makes you happy? Going to Craig and Abby's house

3. What is your favorite animal? Sea Lion

4. What is your favorite thing to eat? Pizza 

5. What is your least favorite thing to eat? Tomatoes

6. What is your favorite thing to do? Play outside

7. What is your favorite TV show? The Fall: Nexo Knights

8. What are you really good at? Reading

9. What is your favorite movie? I don't have a favorite 

10. What is your favorite color? Blue

11. What is your favorite song? I don't like songs

12. Who is your best friend? Aiden

13. What do you and your Mom do together? Read

14. What do you and your Dad do together? Battle Petey Pirahna

15. What is your favorite sport? Tennis

16. Where is your favorite place to go? Beach

17. What is your favorite book? Magic Treehouse books

18. What do you want to be when you grow up? I do not know

Jason is four!!

Jason was thrilled to wake up four this morning! He was so excited to open his presents and play with them!








Look how they have grown in three years!

Jason had his first "friends birthday" party today, too! We booked a room at the community center and had an "instructor" play games with the 14 kids from his class and the neighborhood. They had fun and he did great!


















Here are Jason’s well visit stats:

Height: 3’5” — 70 %

Weight: 40.75 lbs —80%

BMI: 17.0 — 86%

Vision: 20/30

And finally, the birthday quiz!!

1. How old are you? Four

2. What makes you happy? Watching Lion Guard and eating cake and playing with Camden with the balloons.

3. What is your favorite animal? Dad/Lion

4. What is your favorite thing to eat? Candy corn/Mac and cheese

5. What is your least favorite thing to eat? Green beans

6. What is your favorite thing to do? Play with Dad with racetracks

7. What is your favorite TV show? Max and Ruby

8. What are you really good at? Star Wars games/Playing Beamo

9. What is your favorite movie? Lion Guard/Batman

10. What is your favorite color? Blue

11. What is your favorite song? Boogie shoes 

12. Who is your best friend? Camden

13. What do you and your Mom do together? Play frisbee

14. What do you and your Dad do together? Play Beamo (frisbee)

15. What is your favorite sport? Basketball 

16. Where is your favorite place to go? Defy Apex (bounce place)

17. What is your favorite book? Ricky Ricotta 

18. What do you want to be when you grow up? Me

December 2018 to January 2019

The rest of December passed in a haze of all of us being at home. I love that Nicholas saves these vacation days so we can all be together then! We played a lot at home, the kids had play dates, Nicholas and I watched movies after the kids went to bed, he finished the ramp in the garage, and we did a few outings:

To the library on bikes:

Out to lunch:

To BounceU for open bounce:

Ice skating:

Olivia and her friend Mallory have the sweetest imaginations! When I went to our ditch in the backyard to pick up Olivia’s cup, I found this little setting:

They have lots of fun. Leo and his friends have been building a stick fort in the side of the house and are always picking up sticks for so many uses. 

New Year’s Eve was spent at home, which I prefer since the kids went back to school January 2. Here we are counting down at 6 PM.

We got all the Christmas deco put away before the kids went back to school, and track in went smoothly.

Jason has his tubes put in and his adenoids taken out in January 4. It was rough for him and he had fever for several days. He’s much better now, though.

Leo had an abscess and had a baby tooth pulled the following Tuesday. But, he also feels better and is always out shooting hoops!

Jason and I hit a new bounce place with friends last week:

Olivia is so grown up and has so much of a life outside us, that I realize I have few pictures—of Run club, of daily play dates that she bikes to, of homework and school. She did have an orthodontist consult this week, and she may be getting a retainer soon... (I was mortified that Olivia was wearing these pants to the orthodontist with so many holes!!!)

Life is good!

So, this is Christmas 2018!

First, though, my parents came for a visit over the weekend before Christmas and it was so nice to have them here! The kids got lots of Grandma and Grandpa time and our weather was fair enough to enjoy outside!

Can you hear the giggles?! I think they called this a crab fight!

Chutes and ladders while Dad wrote his diagnosis of Olivia’s orthodontia.


After taking a walk and having dinner Saturday, we went out to look at Christmas lights!


Sunday we played all day! Dad and I ran some errands in the morning, we had a turkey dinner in the afternoon, and then had a movie night. Fun for all! Thanks for coming! And thank you for the gifts!

Mom and Dad left absurdly early Christmas Eve morning, and made it back to their place in time for a nap and Christmas Eve mass. We baked Boston Seed cookies all day, watched White Christmas , and had Chinese on china in our traditional way!

After feeding the reindeer, the kids went to bed and we had a really great Christmas morning! It was lovely: the house was trashed, the kids were happy playing with their new toys, and we were lazy all day! We had caramel rolls and ham, and just hung out. Thanks to all our family for the abundance of gifts!