Santa Pictures at Little Beans 2014

We went to Little Beans again this year to see Santa. It is so much easier to pay a little bit and let the kids play while I wait in the Santa line rather than going to one of the free Santa and sitting in line for hours (literally). They love playing at Little Beans and had a great time on Friday. I was on my own for the first hour or so and as a result you don't see any behind the scenes pictures of Lillian crying while Simon calmly sits on Santa's lap. I look forward to the pictures we get from it!

Jenn tried to get a picture of the three of us - too much going on to sit still.

All still due to some dino-love, but no one seems happy about it!

Everyone is happy!

Lillian ate half a ham and cheese sandwich
with her eyes never leaving the kids playing.

Simon was thrilled to pose for a picture with his sister.

Jacket lasted until picture with Santa, then came off for the bulk of play time.

Lions and balls and slides, oh my!

Simon loves the slide, Lillian loved the microwave.

Lillian helping make stew

I gave her a celery and a carrot while I cut them and some blueberries hidden in her bowl. She was awesome waiting while I prepped the stew.

Christmas tree decorating

With Simon's surgery and everyone passing sickness around we didn't get our tree decorated until this week. We actually got the tree delivered (a business started by the parents of one of the girls in Lillian's play group). Simon was home sick all week so we decorated during the day on Thursday. 

He strung the tinsel up the banister all by himself!

90% of the bulbs are at the bottom left.

Pre-K November/December 2014 pictures

Random pictures from Simon's pre-k class from the fall. The teacher takes pictures every day and writes a summary of the day every day for parents.

About half the classroom. Choice time has them in small groups doing what they want.

Painting a picture of a tree. They did a session on trees this fall.

Fall 2014 School Picture

Simon helping the class count how many 'friends' (aka students) are in the classroom that day.

Playing dressup.

Building a tower.

Making a googly eyed spider which we hung on our front window for halloween.

Using blocks to spell his name. Help identify order of letters and upper/lower case.

He practices tracing his name every day.

Making tree picture. Sawer (5yo), Liam (4yo), Simon (3 years old)

Lillian cooking

I don't remember when I started having Simon help me cook, but Lillian officially started at almost 14 months. She required the big bowl and spoon, not the little bowl and wooden spoon that I pulled out for her. She had no problem standing on the stool while I got dinner prepped and in the oven.

Toe is Looking Good.

We went in for Simon's surgery checkup and he is officially cleared to start running again and acting like a normal 3 year old. Everything looks great with his toe - now we just have to work on that stuffy nose. Here he is playing in the lobby of the Children's Hospital where his toe doctor has his office. I am not posting a picture of the toe because the nail looks pretty rough. It was removed and stitched back on so is supposed to be like a bandaid while the other nail grows underneath it. Not the prettiest sight, but that is as it is supposed to be so all is well.

All the oatmeal.

What can I say, she really loves oatmeal.