2013 :: week 52

How is it week 52 already?

Sunday was a snow day. Church was cancelled due to a layer of ice topped with an few inches of snow. One of us would have had to stay home with Will either way because he had a fever so it was kind of nice to have a slow and quiet day with all of us at home. TJ played a variation of Candyland with the kids where they got a piece of candy every time they landed on a candy square and the winner got a pot of candy at the end.

Will was still sick Monday and the only way we could get him to get out of his funk was some Christmas music.

I wanted to get a picture of Anthony and Lauren as they prepared to brave the crowds for some last minute Christmas shopping Tuesday afternoon, so Anthony kneeled down next to Lauren. Lauren thought that was a great way to pose and she kneeled down too.
 

Despite his lingering cold, Will was up at the top of the stairs Christmas morning peering over the edge at the presents. Will and Lauren posed for the traditional Christmas morning shot on the stairs before we checked out our presents.

Thursday afternoon Jill, Laura, Will and I went to a matinee of Frozen. We really liked it. It was hard to tell how much Will liked it because he kept asking when it was going to be over, but the next day he was talking about the movie and watched a youtube video of Olaf's "In Summer," song on repeat.

Friday evening we ate dinner at my parents house. Post dinner TJ and Lauren "worked" on some puzzles while we caught part of an old western. Lauren and Will worked on a Brown Bear, Brown Bear kids puzzle while the adults worked on a slightly more difficult puzzle.

Saturday we had a small birthday party for Will. One of his top requests for his party was a piñata. Jill helped me make this octopus, though it actually looks more like a jellyfish or squid.