Lewis at School

St. Nicholas Day

St Nick left us some goodies on his feast day! (Augustine made the awesome advent wreath!)

His class was in charge of readings and choir on St. Nick’s feast day. He got to read a petition! He was SO excited. He did a great job and loved every minute of it. 

We went to an event at Pius that was very fun that evening. A realistic St. Nick, color pages, blessing of the Baby Jesus from our nativity set, cookie decorating and hot chocoate. We took our friends with us because their mommy wasn’t feeling well, so we all hopped in the photo together. 

The high school choirs sang Christmas songs too! The kids loved watching the big kids sing. 

More Hats

 

Team Fun

It seems like I finally have time and energy to enjoy the team for the first time in 8.5 years. It’s a nice change!

We had the traditional end-of-semester toasts at our house. We’ve been hosting the last 3-4 years or so, and it’s a really great perspective on the team since I rarely see them work together. 

We also went bowling together this year. They boys had a blast!

Team babies

Elias couldn’t wait for his turns. 

Augustine has been bowling before, and did very well on his own! He even bowled for Katie who is 9 months pregnant and couldn’t bowl for very long. 

And Lewis was doing pretty darn well on his own too by the end of the afternoon!

We are not bowlers at heart, but it was fun!

Thanksgiving 2017

My photos of this year are pitiful! What was I thinking?! I don’t even have a picture of our lovely day at Grandma Kathleen’s house (so sorry Grandma!). 

I have Thomas being sweet to my baby (as always).

The little boys doing the one activity we had (why didn’t I plan some this year?!)

Getting the tree the day after. 

The boys playing Mass...so may concelebrants!

My baby being oh so pious. 

Thomas being sweet again. 

And our thanksgiving visit to Grandpa Burda’s house. 

Better than nothing I guess!

A Little Adventure

I was really debating whether it was a good idea to drive 45 minutes by myself to visit friends passing thru for Thanksgiving. And I knew it would be rough coming home because it would be well past bedtime. But when I realized we hadn’t seen the Klein’s in over a year, I knew we had to go, and it was totally worth it. 

You know it’s been too long when you never saw your friend pregnant AND you didn’t know her baby was already 8 weeks old! 

Augustine was in heaven. Baby holding is his favorite...just look at her!

Elias and Marilyn were instant best friends. He doesn’t usually take to people quite that fast, but he was smitten. 

Lewis keeps careful track of the baby holding line. 

They made a delicious venison dinner for us, the kids played, we caught up over sips of wine, and decided we better not let a whole year pass again. 

Big Kid Stuff

Augustine is a really good baker. He made the nut bread at G&G’s all by himself, with Grandma Susan telling him each step. It was delicious!

He also helped her clean more than once to get ready for the holiday. 

He and Mom had a fun evening, along with Lewis. They played all sorts of games, and it’s fun to listen to them decide which one is next because they are the same 5 games they always play, and the names are like “The Cat Game” or “The Doctor Game” or “The Firefighter Game” and they all know exactly what they are taking about. It makes me laugh. 

He was having a really rough evening tonight as I put up a few Advent decorations, so I put magnatiles and bells on the table. Instant calm.