Christmas #1, G&G

Augustine helped make a nice cheese board for snack time. 

Augustine wrote a book about my childhood doll house that we are currently playing with at our house. He made a copy for every household in the family. 



Levi is a ridiculously easy toddler to have around Christmas decorations. He didn’t break anything!



The boys had a great time making chocolate pretzels. 











I guess none of us cared enough to put shoes on except Logan because #covidchristmas. We weren’t going anywhere for 48 hours!



Levi got a doll high chair, cute felt food that my mom made, and an addition to the play kitchen (more on that later). 

Elias got a castle set and a take apart car. 





Lewis got Legos and a remote control car, and a light saber. 

Augustine got an aircraft carrier, flatbed with an excavator, and a light saber. 



We had a slightly Swedish Christmas dinner. :) It was delicious. 

Logan and Levi went home to sleep, and the rest of the boys and I spent the night at my parents for fun. The next day was Christmas Eve. We made candy houses, played in snow, played with new toys, and enjoyed each other’s company. 







It was a lovely celebration!

Random Stuff

It was nice enough to go on a walk last week so Logan and the boys took advantage of it. 

Levi plays here almost daily. He checks on all the animals behind the doors. 

I finally got a picture of the little boys in their matching boots. Levi’s are already getting small! He will need a 7 soon, but I only have these boots in a 6, 9, 10, 11, and 12. Elias is in the 11s. 

The obligatory St. Nick hat photo! Grandma Kathleen made it for Augustine when he was a baby. 

A New Favorite

All the boys are suddenly into putty! We learned through OT that it’s super fun to hide things in putty and then search for it all. 



Arrange it in a fun way, press it and look at the cool imprints, or just roll it all up and start searching. 

Augustine’s putty is super resistant, Lewis’ is a little softer, and Elias’ is more of a light and fluffy foam putty. 

We had a Christmasy themed sensory bin that nobody was excited about...until we paired it with putty! That gave us all sorts of putty kit ideas to make for seasons and holidays!

OT

Lewis doing some heavy work to calm his body before practicing vestibular input. 

Lewis working on core strength. 

Lewis practicing vestibular input. (He’s spinning but you can’t tell in the picture.)

Augustine doing heavy work to calm his body. 

Homeschool Hurdles

Fourth grade math stinks. I’m not a teacher and I don’t care to be one. Thank goodness for Aunt Carol who has some expertise in this department. 

Lewis wants to learn multiplication and is pretty quick in picking it up. 

Daddy is still going strong teaching religion on Sundays during Donuts with Dad. It can be tricky to teach at four grade levels all at the same time though. 

Zoo Fun

Lewis made a cool zoo the other day. It’s never the same twice. 

Today Elias set up his own idea, which turned out to be another cool zoo!

Our Lady of Guadalupe

This is a fun new tradition we started last year with our friend Megan. She moved away this year, so I asked her to send us a template in the mail. She sent an awesome guide and it went pretty well!

I am not as artsy as she, but we’re happy with how our Mary turned out.