Well, It has been more than a month since I have updated so I will see if I can get it all in. If you notice above we have a new addition to our family, Tasha, but let me start with Thanksgiving...
We had our neighbors with thier two kids and our good friends who also have one child over for Thanksgiving dinner. Everyhting turned out great and I think everyone had a good time. Thanksgiving has to be the worst holiday for kids though...to them all it amounts to is another day where you force them to eat and there aren't many other highlights. Of course Matt missed being able to watch the game on Thanksgiving. He had to get up very early in the morning the next day to catch the game.
Matt and I both had very busy weeks the first two weeks of December as we tried to get ready for the holidays as well as finals. In addition we are both still working on our online class. I got my grade back for my class already and it seems that I got an 89%. It sure does stink to be that close to an A and not get it. Matt is still waiting for his grade in History, but I'll bet he got an A.
I stopped doing the daycare and turned all of the extra toys and other stuff back into the office. I feel like a huge load is lifted off my shoulders and I am so happy that they will not be coming to inspect my house anymore! I am still watching the infant (Aidan). His mom doesn't care if I do it through the family child care people or not and now I can split the time between her home and mine.
Colin has been talking a lot more and now frequently uses the word "no" as well as several others. He is also pretty fiesty lately and certainly knows when he wants to do things such as eat or sleep. Of course he is still cute as can be and has aspirations of becoming the Future President (If you read the shirt in the picture above).
Ryan is now an old pro at tying his shoes and so he has moved on to riding his bike with no training wheels. He can actually make it all the way around the parking lot now without falling. Now all he needs is a bigger bike, but there is a birthday around the corner so I will probably wait until then. He is enjoying his break from school although I think he might be a little bored. We did make Christmas cookies though and he rolled, cut, and decorated his own. He did a great job.
Matt has to work this week and then he will have next week, the week after Christmas off. Hopefully, we can go a few places as a family while he has that time off. He also has a pretty long break from school (unitl the end of January) so he is ready to relax a bit. His history class was very difficult and I know he isn't looking forward to the second half of it next term.
Matt's Squadron had a Christmas party last Friday that we got to go to. We didn't drive there and had someone watching the kids, so we both got to have some fun. We even won the game of Pictionary in the drawing for prizes.
We have quite a few places to go and people to see over Christmas weekend, so I am sure we will be busy. Despite everything, we sure do miss being around family for the Holidays. I will update again after Christmas with pictures of the kids and us. Until next time...
