45 Weeks Old

Christmas Adventures Week One!

Day 1:
Today we got our our Little People Nativity Set. Brent read the Christmas Story from one of the kids' Bibles, but they were way to excited about "new" toys to care much about what Brent was reading!

Day 2:
We put up our window nativity stickers. Kyle and Emily were very excited because I put them on the window in their bedroom!

Day 3:
We made snowflakes out of coffee filters to put on the window. Mommy used scissors... Kyle and Emily used markers!

Day 4:
We made Christmas wreaths. We had a green circle cut out and used ours fingers and paint to put berries on the wreaths. Then we glued red bows to them. They got hung on the bathroom door.

Day 5:
Today we made snowmen! They got hung on Mommy and Daddy's door.

Day 6:
Our planned adventure today was to go to the Ionia Christmas Parade, but a youth event got planned for tonight. (Which is probably for the best because all three kiddos still have colds from our last Christmas parade!) So instead, we listed to Christmas music. Kyle and Emily weren't fans of the Christmas music.... just like Mommy and Daddy!

Day 7:
We put lights on Christmas trees today! When they are dry, they are going to hang on the closet door.

44 Weeks Old

Thankful Tree

We celebrated Thanksgiving all month long with a Thankful Tree! Each night, Emily, Kyle, Brent, and I all wrote something we were thankful for on a leaf and added it to the tree! Brent and I tried to do something new every night, but we let the kids do whatever, so they did have a couple duplicates. We loved doing this and I'm pretty sure it is going to be a yearly tradition in our family!

Colby didn't participate this year, but if he had, I'm pretty sure his leaves would have said "Mommy," "Boob," "Daddy," "Kyle," "Emily," and "Socks"! :)

Day 1
Brent: Keyla, Emily, Kyle, Colby
Keyla: Salvation
Emily: Mommy
Kyle: Mommy and Daddy

Day 2
Brent: Family
Keyla: Brent
Emily: Daddy
Kyle: God

Day 3
Brent: Jesus
Keyla: Emily, Kyle, Colby
Emily: God
Kyle: Grandma and Grandpa

Day 4
Brent: Church
Keyla: My parents
Emily:Grandma
Kyle: Church

Day 5
Brent: Sharing
Keyla: Friends
Emily: Toy Story characters
Kyle: Grandma and Grandpa

Day 6
Brent: Food
Keyla: Water
Emily: Mommy
Kyle: Crayons

Day 7
Brent: Sleep
Keyla: Food
Emily: Suckers
Kyle: Suckers

Day 8
Brent: Indoor plumbing
Keyla: Washer and Dryer
Emily: Slides
Kyle: Bounce House

Day 9
Brent: Kisses
Keyla: Camera
Emily: Daddy
Kyle: Queen and Mater

Day 10
Brent: Electricity
Keyla: Cloth Diapers
Emily: Teacher (2 year old class)
Kyle: Kiarrah

Day 11
Brent: Paul
Keyla: Pumpkin
Emily: Milk
Kyle: Cookies

Day 12
Brent: God's Plan
Keyla: Van
Emily: Toys
Kyle: Toys

Day 13
Brent: Two Jobs
Keyla: Church
Emily: House
Kyle: Car/Van

Day 14
Brent: Sports
Keyla: Money to buys things our kiddos need
Emily: New Shoes
Kyle: New Shoes

Day 15
Brent: Pop
Keyla: Children who behave
Emily: Brush
Kyle: Lions

Day 16
Brent: Gravity
Keyla: WIC
Emily: Lilly
Kyle: Mister E and ByeBye

Day 17
Brent: Roof
Keyla: Crockpot
Emily: Slide
Kyle: Bounce House

Day 18
Brent: Teenagers
Keyla: Camera
Emily: Circles
Kyle: Brown Candy

Day 19
Brent: Dan and Cathy
Keyla: Dan and Cathy
Emily: Water
Kyle: Milk

Day 20
Brent: Forktrucks
Keyla: Reusable Pounches
Emily: Jessie
Kyle: Brown Ice Cream

Day 21
Brent: Headlights
Keyla: Family Time
Emily: Alligators
Kyle: Rainbows

Day 22
Brent: Toodles
Keyla: Four Seasons
Emily: Library Books
Kyle: Firetrucks

Day 23
Brent: Fingers
Keyla: Bedtime
Emily: House
Kyle: Froggies

Day 24
Brent: Photos
Keyla: Heat
Emily: Snowmen
Kyle: Snowmen

Day 25
Brent: Sunshine
Keyla: Vicks
Emily: iPad
Kyle: People

Day 26
Brent: Cereal
Keyla: Cuddles
Emily: Cereal
Kyle: Daddy Cuddles

Day 27
Brent: Shoes
Keyla: Movies
Emily: Shoes
Kyle: Shoes

Day 28
Brent: Pie
Keyla: Being silly
Emily: Grapes
Kyle: Goldfish

Day 29
Brent: Music
Keyla: Internet
Emily: Grandma and Grandpa
Kyle: Two doggies

Day 30
Brent: Love
Keyla: God's Provision
Emily: Gabby
Kyle: Hiding

Our very full tree!