2015 :: week 47

November 15

Will spends time "playing baseball" in some variation in our front room every single day. Sometimes Lauren joins in on the fun. In this picture Will had just made an "amazing catch" but ran into the wall while doing it and Lauren (the team doctor) was examining him. I believe it was inspired by watching youtube videos of Alex Gordon's injury earlier this year.

November 16

The kids had fun playing together while we waited for Anthony to get home from work. While Elliott sat in his chair Lauren dressed him up "like Santa," using gloves and hats from our winter accessories drawer. He's pretty patient and tolerated the wardrobe changes very well.

November 17

Lauren's preschool activities focused on Frank Asch's book Popcorn last week. Lauren has been wanting to make popcorn at home ever since. She dictated the recipe, "Pot, oil, kernels, heat," as we prepared our snack Tuesday afternoon.

November 18

Elliott is my favorite tiger. He's not really strong enough to ride in the swing, but he loved getting to sit in it for a few minutes at the park Wednesday afternoon. My sweet baby is growing up! I love that we are having more meaningful interactions, but feel like his baby-ness is slipping away too fast.

November 19

We paid a visit to the school book fair. I tend to avoid buying books since we have access to such a great library, but made an exception. They were more excited about the books they picked than they look.

November 20

I really wanted to get involved at Will's school, so I joined several PTA committees at the beginning of the year. Friday night was the 'family movie night.' I worked the cash box with concessions and was on busy the entire time. This was my view. I've been really impressed with the community of parents at our school.

November 21

Saturday was baptism day. An investigator was baptized at noon, then at 3pm a friend asked Anthony to baptize his daughter. After the baptism the family had a luncheon and Anthony and Will did their best to keep this balloon off the ground while we waited to eat.