A Picture Update

Happy Black Friday!

It is hard to believe another Thanksgiving has come and gone and now we are on our way to Christmas! We had a lovely time yesterday at Boom's new place. John and Jenny are here from Denver, and G-ma, Pa, Auntie Cat, Uncle Dan, and Hanna joined us too, along  with Auntie Yoda and Uncle Craigles. 

We missed Auntie Mari and Uncle Josh, who were with Josh's family. 

And Bops. Always Bops.

But we had fun all day playing, going on a walk, going on a scavenger hunt, and enjoying time together.

 

 

 

 

As for the rest of the week: Maya hung out with Boom.

 

The girls were goofy and crazy.

 

And Cal made a snowman family with the sticky snow we got.

 

Today was the first Black Friday that Chris has had off in about 15 years! We got to do a family trip to the zoo. 

 

Then we went to a big Gosselin family gathering at Karen and Gus' house. The girls got to play with lots of little cousins, and we got to meet the newest baby cousin Ximena!

 

The highlight was watching home videos of all the Gosselin cousins from the mid-90s, which was straight up awkward early teen years for most of them. There were concerts and sporting events and other family holidays. It was amazing.

And in a weird twist (and an illustration of how long I have known Gosselin peeps) there was a video of Dan's 8th grade band concert, which also briefly included his fellow 8th grade percussionist...ME!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I certainly feel like there is so much to be grateful for.

 

So goofy.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!...

...from the Henderschwekebosselindsmans!

 

40-Months-Old!!!

What!?!?!?!?!?!

This is getting ridiculous. She is getting so stinking big.

 

I caught her last night mid-lip lick, which is a lovely habit she learned from her sister that gives her a nice red moustache.

 

I will admit that she has been throwing me for a loop on many occasions these days. It's that phase where every. single. thing. seems to be a challenge. Like putting on socks (they have to be the exact right pair). Or opening a heavy door (she has to do it herself even if it weighs 3 times more than she does). Or going to bed (she is never ready to go to bed, like many littles, and makes it known). Or putting on her coat (the "but it's cold outside" logic doesn't matter).

 

But.

Holy moly is she sweet and smart and crazy and hilarious and kind and generous when she wants to be.

 

And also her new favorite phrase is "poop in your face!"

Timehop Tuesday

So it is Tuesday of Thanksgiving week and super gross outside. 

That is all I got.

Timehops.

I love seeing 1-year-old Maya. I just want to squeeze her cheeks!

 

Preschoolers in trees:

 

Ohmygoodness almost-2-year-old Callie!

 

Weekend Wrap-Up

Chris gets home from his golf trip about midnight tonight. 

Hooray!

In related news, this was me about 5pm.

This weekend. Here we go.

It started with snow and hats and coats and scarves and cold.

 

We met Boom for lunch and then she took Callie to dance, to see Trolls (again) and kept her overnight for a sleepover! 

 

Maya hung out with Auntie Cat for the afternoon and then I went over so we could make lasagna for dinner.

 

There were a few hours yesterday that I got to have to myself. What amazing things did I do, you ask? I laid on my bed. And folded laundry. And cleaned up the kitchen. Nothing photo worthy, that's for sure.

This morning was just me and the crazy 3-year-old.

 

Callie had her first communion today at church. She got to wear a flower and bring up the communion wafers with her class during the service and sit at the altar rail for a little bit and then commune with us, her family, for the first time. It was really special. 

 

And then when we were back in our pew she leaned over (still chewing) and said "Mom, this tastes like cardboard." 

Perfect.

We went back to Boom's house and I tried my darndest to get a good picture with Maya, but as you might have been able to tell, she is a big time picture smile avoider these days.

 

I caught a cute moment of when Auntie Yoda showed Callie an ultrasound picture of her little baby girl.

 

The girls and I got home about 2:30

And it was only 2:30.

So we decided to laugh in the face of 30 degree weather and go to the park!

 

It was chilly but we survived. And found a pretty red leaf that was trying its best to survive too.

We filled the rest of the day with dancing and playing (which also includes yelling and screaming and crying and fighting) and also some joke telling, so I'll leave you with Callie telling her new favorite jokes she read in a joke book on the Kindle.

Have a great Thanksgiving week!

A Picture Update

Happy Friday!

Hanna sent me this yesterday, and it pretty much sums up the past few weeks and the week to come:

 

I would edit it today "God bless teachers AND PARENTS everywhere." And I'm both!

Anyway, I don't have very many pictures this week. Chris has been golfing in Arizona with my Uncle Jim, and before he left, the girls tried to sneak in his golf bag to go with.

 

Alas, their plan failed, and he is enjoying warm golf weather while we are currently experiencing this:

 

Callie is loving it and Maya is not, which totally goes with the winter baby/summer baby thing.

Other than that, Maya played at Boom's house as usual.

 

I went to Maya's preschool conference. I found out that she is pretty quiet at school, and totally can write her name by herself. 

 

Which is interesting because she totally fakes that she has no idea how when I try and have her write it at home.  Stinker! After her conference we got some ice cream.

 

Other happenings from the week: Callie went to science night with Pa. And we had movie night tonight, because FRIDAY.

Last, but certainly not least, we found out what "kind" of cousin the girls are getting. The Hendersons must have strong GIRL genes, because Auntie Yoda and Uncle Craig are having a GIRL!

Have a great weekend!

Timehop Tuesday

Once again it is Tuesday, but wow, this has been a long week. Election Day was only a week ago? How is that possible?!?! It doesn't help when you wake up,  make school lunches, and do a 25 minute workout video, all before 6am. Makes for loooong days. Maybe some day I'll learn to sleep past 5am.

Anyway. Here are my Timehops.

Sweet Preschoolers:

Cute Maya:

 
 Lovely Callie:

 

And our goofy family of 4: