Kyron's First Haircut

During the first week of November 2020, we made an attempt to cut Kyron's hair.

Even though I didn't feel it was THAT necessary for trim, Geoff definitely felt it was time to give him a nice, short 'do.

I held the trimmer on his arm to help him get acclimated to the buzz.

 This little guy took his first hair trimming like a champ!  The treats we bribed him with during the ordeal definitely helped!

I truly thought this haircut would take place over several days, but he sat still enough to do it in one session!  It definitely isn't a perfect cut, but it was much better than I had anticipated!

Lillian's Preschool

 Last week Lillian and I finished up preschool until after the New Year.  I admit, when we started in the fall I was nervous about how well I'd be able to consistently hold preschool with all the unpredictable change between remote and hybrid schooling as well as all of Kyron's unpredictable antics!  Thank goodness for naptime and all the materials I filed away from Hylie and Eliana's preschool days because that's what brought us success!

Recently Lillian's been trying to fly.  You'll find her jumping as high as she can and trying to figure out how to keep her feet off the ground for longer periods of time--it's adorable.  One day she came up to me and said, "Can I have some wings?"  So I cut her out her own pair of paper wings, she relished the time coloring them to perfection, and then when she was about to put them on she was actually nervous because her little imagination believed they would lift her off the ground.  I was worried how she would handle the disappointment, but she ended up being thrilled with having wings to run around with and not worry about how to maneuver them in mid-air.  

Lillian LOVES preschool and it has been wonderful having that one-on-one time with her.

Eliana's Kindergarten Picture

 

Hylie's 3rd Grade Picture

 

Eliana's Zoom Birthday Party

The Saturday after Eliana's birthday we held a virtual birthday party with some friends from school.  That morning, we dropped off goodie bags and cupcakes to her party guests.

Claire and Eliana

Eliana and Joey

I had so much fun planning this party with Eliana.  She picked the "SNOW" theme, designed the BINGO board, selected which crafts we would make, and helped assemble the goodie bags.  During the party, Eliana had a blast and I was in stitches watching the whole thing unfold.  When each kid got five in a row for BINGO, you would have thought they won the lottery, but it only got better when Eliana told her friends that a prize was waiting for them at their front door (which she had left after their door was closed when we delivered the goodie bags)!

All the kids enjoyed the games and crafts and just loved visiting and chatting with each other over the computer.

Eliana's 6th Birthday

 Eliana was quite excited to celebrate her 6th trip around the sun and we sure loved celebrating with her!

Eliana was loving all the Pokemon surprises

Even though school was remote during Eliana's birthday, her sweet teacher was completely on the ball and made sure Eliana received her special birthday note and crown.

The light-up gloves from Great-Grandma and Pap Pap received the reaction I thought they would!

Fall Leaves

 November proved to be a very pleasant month (including some 70+ degree days!) with hybrid schooling going smoothly.  The downside was that COVID-19 cases began to spike again, so we made the hard decision to stay in Illinois for Thanksgiving.  We just had a quiet dinner at home and set up Christmas decor while the kids were off school.

Lots of raking took place as well which always thrilled the kids!