St. Nicholas Day (December 6)

The neighbor down the street asked me if we would be interested in playing "St. Nicholas" for her son. I hadn't really heard much about St.Nicholas growing up, but the link my neighbor sent me had a nice synopsis of St. Nicholas and how he wanted to show kindness and generosity to a family in need by leaving 3 bags of gold just inside their window (apparently by their shoes). Soon the story spread all over Europe and children were putting out their shoes hoping St. Nicholas would stop by. I thought I'm not really much of a Santa person, but I could get behind St. Nicholas and his story. And so we agreed to be St. Nicholas for their house and my neighbor offered to fill Nathaniel and Logan's shoes too.
Before bed I explained to Nathaniel that we should leave our shoes outside the front door in case St.Nicholas might come by. This is the first he heard of it, but he was all for it. He opened the front door and chucked the shoes out there, closed the door and peered through the window. Then I had to explain it was time for bed and we could check the shoes in the morning. Oh great! I didn't think this through... how is he going to sleep now? Thankfully, after a few minutes he agreed to go to sleep. His first words in the morning was, "Did Nicholas fill the shoes?"




He immediately ate all the chocolate (mental note: that much chocolate at 7am doesn't make for a smooth morning) and was very excited about his Thomas stickers and matchbox car. Logan enjoyed his stickers too. I was surprised how fun it was. All day he was talking about how next year maybe we could put something in Nicholas' shoes. Yes, we are trying to foster a spirit of giving....

Dentist Visit

Nathaniel was an exceptional patient today. He was a little hesitant in the waiting room, but when he saw a "big boy" (6yrs old) come out with a toy he was more agreeable to the idea of going in the chair. I was amazed he even let the dentist floss his teeth!







And of course Logan wants to do everything his big brother does... maybe next time Logan

Logan learning to walk

Logan is almost 16 months and still scooting along. Daddy and Nathaniel try and help him learn to walk... He loves it!

Thanksgiving Feast(s)

Logan loved the deviled eggs




Helicopter flying





Turkey craft competition

Snuggle time

My favorite part of the day. We have been in sleep deprivation land this month (hence the lack of posts), both boys have been joining us in our bed at some point in the night. Nathaniel will wake up at 11pm, Logan at midnight, Nathaniel at 2:30, Logan at 3:30.... seriously boys! We've finally got Logan back to sleeping through the night, but Nathaniel is more of a challenge since he can get out of his bed and run to our room. Sometimes he's crying other times he's just standing there saying "is it time to snuggle yet?" It's driving me crazy! But then you see these precious sleeping babies in the morning you decide it was all worth it...at least for 18 hours before it's time to repeat the cycle. Uggh! It's only a phase. This too shall pass.

Playing at a friends house

Mr. Tool Man

Boys will be boys