The begining of december

As usual our december was crazy! We started the month with Grandma angee's birthday. I made a pineapple upside down cake and we played games... Caleb managed to eat all the cherries off the cake before we got around to cutting it. Here was his sly face...

My big christmas princess

This was caleb's first real encounter with snow. It was barely enough to shovel (and if our house wasn't north facing I probably wouldn't have) He liked it at first but then it got bitter cold and he started screaming!! He refused to wear gloves and insisted on touching the snow so he did get pretty cold. Needless to say we haven't been out in it much since. (not that we really have gotten any snow...)

Caleb has recently learned that it is fun to hide and then jump out and say "boo, i ssssscare ewe" Its been a very fun game to play and he is always looking for a good place to hid,

 

The laundry basket... Nope

Mommy's cutrians! (classic standby)

Boo

I sssscare ewe mommy!

Caleb also decided that he is interested in the potty and will tell us when he poops, so far we haven't done anything on the toilet yet but i'm not pushing! He recently LOVES trains and santa is strongly considering that he got the wrong gifts this year.. oh well more on the christmas update later. He is also talking up a storm and has learned, little spider, i am a child of god, tinkle star and most of the abc song. His favorite book is brown bear and the dr seus B book.

 

Madi is very sad that school is out for winter break but is looking forward to her birthday party and chirstmas. She shares her birthday with her friend Syndie and they had a fun tea party lunch at school to celebrate. Madi is excelling in school and making us strongly consider her options for next year. (her preschool teacher says that if we can't get her into kindergarten for the next school year we need to keep her out of preschool because she is already bored...maybe homeschooling would be a good option who knows...) She is reading very well now and has mastered all the pre-reading, level 1 and level 2 books.(again santas mistake he got all level 2 books thinking that he was being smart and was going to get her something to challenge her...) She is currently working on the level 3 "mini chapter books" Her writing is also getting better and she was able to write out our family christmas cards to grandparents! She loves playing with her brother and has become a very good helper with him.