Chocolate Toast, one of Auric's favorite foods. We did find one that has almonds as its first ingredient (instead of the sugar that is the first ingredient in Trader Joe's version of Nutella). So for Auric, it counts as protein.
Thora and River attended the Wheelock Family Theater production of the Urban Nutcracker. Fun! Although they agreed to disagree when it came to how much hand-to-hand fighting there should've been.
On Thursday mornings, Etta's dad, Greg, and I take care of the four little ones. On this particular day, we headed to the Museum of Science, where, for a short time, we had the Science in the Park exhibit all to ourselves. Here are the kids doing what we call, Racing the Lights. Enjoy!
Mia (on the right) has opened doors for Thora regarding what can be done with washable markers. Whenever they get together, the outcome is usually something like this.
Awww
In mid-December, we attended the monthly Kids Cooking class. Each month, a different parent hosts dinner at their house, during which the kids are encouraged to cook, with the hopeful end result being that the kids will be open to trying more foods. While I didn't manage to get photos of the cooking class (helping Thora with one hand, a glass of wine in the other), I did snap this one of Lila cozy-ed up with Sean. Lila LOVES "Daddy Sean." When we're all over at our house for a dinner playdate and Sean comes in the door from work, Lila is the first to run and greet him, before his own kids even! It's really adorable.
In mid-December, we attended a holiday party at Mia and Lily's house. In the basement is a rock star paradise: an electric keyboard, disco lights, and a full drum set. After one of the dads, a drummer in a rock band, wowed us for a while, the kids took turns. Thankfully Auric was the last to try it, because once it became his turn, he drummed for over 30 minutes. Auric LOVED this.
Here's a nice shot of Thora, mid-crash of the high hat.
Here are Mia and Thora, dressed to impress in Cinderella and Snow White dresses, and of course, with washable marker over all their exposed skin.
"What's a mop top?"
The kids and Sean relax one evening before bed. This shot captures all the many holiday cards we receive (the top string), our chili pepper lights, our own holiday cards that I've made since 2008 (the bottom string), and our 36" fiber optic Christmas tree (on the other side of the cd tower).
Christmas Eve, the kids opening one present each. Auric opens the Tinkertoys and Thora opens our own personal dvd of the musical, Annie.
Christmas Day began with a tune. We tried to inspire Auric's budding musical fascination with a harmonica, his first instrument of the day.
Thora loves to write! And so, with the help of Shutterfly, I designed her her own notebook, with pictures of herself on the front. She was happy.
Auric is thrilled to have his own "guitar." Really it's a ukelele.
Thora loves to design outfits for dolls and I thought that something that I loved as a girl, Fashion Plates, would be great for her. Thankfully, I didn't have to enter a bunch of ebay auctions, only to lose out repeatedly (like I did last year), for vintage 1980 Fashion Plates. Melissa and Doug now make their own. With these, she can create different outfits on a variety of models (by changing around the various plates) and then after doing a rubbing of the plates, she can color in the design. She loves this.
And we end with Auric in a box, the perfect image of a kid on Christmas day, finding joy in playing with the packing material.
Two days later, Thora, Auric, and I headed to Chicago for 5 days. Stay tuned for that post, coming soon...
1 comment:
Just reading this now. What a fantastic recap! So fun to see all the little ones in action.
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