December 2016

This is our first night at Grandma and Grandpa Hebdon's. They were loving their new rooms, and enjoyed snuggling together for reading time.

Joe needes to fill out some paperwork a few days before he started, so we decided to go as a family and enjoy Temple Square at Christmas time. We even found Jojo some snowpants, Addie some snow boots, and both gloves so we could be warm, but also enjoy later to play in the snow.

They enjoyed walking around and being outside. The grounda were pretty. We wanted to get home before it was too late and cold, so the lights weren't as appreciated as some years.

Grandma Hebdon works at the library and brought us home a craft. They kids did pretty well gluing on the cotton balls for Santa's bears. It's auppo7to be an advent activity, but I decided they would have more fun doing it all at once.

One day while we were eatting, Addie said butterfly! We all looked around and didn't see one, then I looked down at the oranges I was peeling and cutting up for them.  And there waa the butterfly. She's often seeing art in objects around her. Maybe she has an artist's eye?

We helped Grandma put up the Nativity, and the kids put up the "white bear" I gave to Jesus as a gift when I was 18 months. My parents say that they were shopping,  they went to the car and noticed I had this tiny white bear glass figurine clutched tightly in my hand. I said "for Baby Jesus". So they took me back, paid for the figurine, and went home where I gave my gift to baby Jesus. It's a permanent part of the Nativity now.

And we loved going to Uncle Kevin and Rachel's home where they have hammocks everywhere. They love to to swing, especially Addie. She could do it all day long if someone would be with her and push her. She LOVES swinging.