Christmas pictures of the kids

I bought the kids Christmas clothes, hung up a curtain, bathed and combed everyone's hair and wrangled them into pictures with the last of the sunlight. Whew!

Catching up to Christmas

The younglings in their dance class! So much bouncing.

I have such snugglers....

Ellie built a tower!

Cozy :)

They get along really well.

We went to a pony-themed birthday party!

#stuffElliesays

Ellie comes into dinner and looks at her plate.

Ellie: "Dad! I like raw broccoli, not cooked broccoli!"

Dad: "Well, this is what we're having. Do you want salt on it? It'll taste better."

Ellie: "No... actually yes! The salt will dry it out."

.... I think she may have learned that with a slug :/

#stuffAvyandElliesay

I walked into the kitchen while Avy and Ellie are eating breakfast.

Ellie: "Mom, does endemic mean found in an area or country?"

Me: "Uh... I think so. <checks Google Home, who agrees> How do you know that word?"

Ellie and Avy together: "Lemurs are endemic to Madagascar!"

I love Wild Kratts.

#stuffElliesays

Ellie had a rough day yesterday and by midmorning had lost all of her TV and access to her dance and swim classes. I wanted to give her a chance for redemption (for both the day and herself) but first I wanted to make sure she understood why she had lost her privileges.

Me: "Ellie, do you understand why you've lost TV and dance and swim?"

Ellie: "Yes Mom. You're like a rattlesnake."

Me: "I'm.. what?"

Ellie: "You warn me and warn me and warn me and then you BITE."

I mean, she's not wrong...

Also, her day perked up considerably after that conversation. As did mine ;)

Squak Mountain Farm

Our friend and nanny, Autumn, found kid heaven.

Feeding the rabbits:

Hay maze

Bouncy houses

Kittens. I mean, really.

Drive-yourself tractors

Mini horses.

Piglets. This is my heaven too.