First Grade

One month down. Many more to go.

Baking w/the Boys

Last night Louis wanted to bake some muffins but it was bedtime so I told him we could do it today. He didn't forget. It was the first thing he asked about this morning as I walked down the stairs. The plan was banana chocolate chip muffins but after looking through the pantry we found we were out of chocolate chips. Louis made the decision to go with white chocolate chips and Nutella.

The boys worked great together, Gabriel even managed to stay still for 10 minutes. I see more baking in our future. I gathered the ingredients and the boys helped parse it out. Louis measured it out and Gabriel helped with pouring.

It was a fun activity with yummy results. Louis loves to do things on his own and is very proud of today's product.

Taking turns mashing the bananas after Louis carefully cut them into pieces.

A Very Furry Christmas

Over the past few years we've taken to going away to celebrate the kids' birthdays or at the very least spend some together as a family to celebrate some place special. Louis wanted to go back to Disney or Sesame Place. I would've love to go back to Disney so soon after our last trip but with Matt's hectic schedule over the holidays it wasn't feasible. Off to Sesame Place we went.

This weather in Pennsylvania this time of year is typically well on its way to winter weather. Though the past few weeks have been moderate we knew this weekend was going to be one of the coldest PA had seen since last February. It was the only free weekend we had so off we went. I packed extra cold weather clothes and hoped for the best. Louis was looking forward to the trip and to staying overnight in a hotel room. Made him feel extra special.

We headed out after Leah's dance classes, had a quick lunch and drove the two hours. It was dark when we arrived to Sesame and the kids got really excited when they saw the entrance. A Very Furry Christmas at Sesame Place, all decked out for the holidays.

 

I'm Blue

We had some blue and white cupcakes tonight. Louis wanted the blue frosted one because he wanted to be blue.

Favorite Tea

Louis loves tea and he especially loves tea time. Matt was working late so for dinner we had some tea and sandwiches. Louis loves fruit teas. We had a nice black cherry tea.

New Wheels

Louis and his first bike.

Little Friends

We have some friends that visit us on rainy days. We usually find them on our porch or along the sidewalk...snails. Lately we've had the same two come to visit. Louis loves to watch them. Today he asked to take some photos of them and put together a collage. These are some of his favorite shots.