Christmas Gift

For his Christmas gift to his dad, Logan took Jason out to dinner. Logan got this huge side of ribs and, of course, enjoyed plenty of leftovers to eat for the rest of the week!

Anything but a Backpack

The other day, the principal at Jake's school emailed and suggested a prank for the teachers from the students: anything but a backpack day! The students were encouraged to bring their school supplies to school in anything other than a backpack, and Jake chose to bring his things in a pot! So funny!

Minitures

Eli has recently been into painting Dungeons and Dragon miniatures. He's getting really good!

 

Green Beans

Ali loves green beans, and recently sometimes she'll open a jar and eat the whole thing for a snack!

 

A Boy and His Dog

Cute boy and dog!

 

Golden Ticket

Jake's school has a book vending machine where students get to choose a book if they're nominated (and then their name drawn) by a teacher for doing something extra wonderful. Jake has been hoping for years that he would have his name drawn for this prize, and finally the other day he was! As a cherry on top, I was subbing for the Elementary School librarian that day, so I got to help him pick his book!

Downtown Game

For Christmas, I found a scavenger hunt-type game that took us around a Chicago neighborhood following clues to solve a "crime." It was a cold day, but we bundled up and had fun doing something different together.