winter happenings

 Winter activities

Savannah's choir singing the national anthem at the Indy Fuel game

girl scouts (and Cam) rock climbing

the floor after everyone played in the snow

fire station tour 

When you're so bored and your brothers are unavailable, you do skin care with your sister.

When you're so bored, you play cards with your cat.

annual Valentine's Day fondue dinner (both cheese and chocolate)

Christmas Day

 I never take many photos on Christmas day as we are busy enjoying our time. Here are a few though! Every year I'm glad to see the magic and excitement is still around and we all enjoy our time together. The kids got up and waiting in Jonas and Levi's room until 7am (the official start time). We opened gifts and ate breakfast casserole and cinnamon rolls (not our normal homemade ones this year). We played games, enjoyed a charcuterie lunch and fancy hamburgers for dinner.

reading The Night Before Christmas

morning view 

after

foldable wall pop-a-shot (also, hanging this is how I broke my foot so also my enemy)

Camden reviewing and signing his cell phone contract

kitties enjoying catnip scratch pads

Jonas finding a special coin with his new metal detector

Advent - week 4

 Advent week 4

- Miskowiec Christmas

- Sullivan train ride

- making Christmas cookies and Christmas Eve Mass

Sullivan Christmas train

opening sibling gifts

cookies

Advent - week 1

Every year, we spend December 1-24 doing a Christmasy activity each day (some bigger, some small). Here is what we did the first week.

Eakman Thanksgiving

gingerbread house building

Cabella's Santa

Christmas game

Read about St Nicholas and leave out shoes

Christmas puzzle

Holy Name Breakfast with Santa and Christmas in Wanamaker

the only two awake at first