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Have a holly jolly Christmas

 December 2021 It's getting harder to let the years pass. My baby is turning four next year, and while it's fun how many things we can do together as a family now, it's bittersweet. As he outgrows his clothes, I let him wear them a bit too long because I don't have another baby to happily pass them down to. That aside, December was calm and fun. We didn't go anywhere, and Andrew had to work a lot, but we made time for some very cozy and fun memories. Michael and Alex are such buddies due to all the time they spend playing just the two of them, while Matthew and Adaline are at school. I think Alex is going to miss Michael so much in the fall. Recently Michael was trying to cut out some circles and ended up coming to me and asking me very specifically to cut out two circles of a specific size. Then he wanted help gluing them together. I was intrigued, so asked him to explain what he was making so that maybe I could help. It turns out they wanted to play Wild Kratts an...

I like you, I like you, even when I don't try to

 November 2021 As I collected pictures from November, I concluded that I would more than happily relive the entire month. It had some tricky parts, but overall was ah-maz-ing. For part of our homeschool, I got to make ice cream with Batman and Spiderman. It was yummy, and also tested the superheroes' patience. Playing baby dolls with friends. Our next big event was Matthew's birthday! He wanted a cake with "a sun setting over the mountains and across the water". I honestly have no idea where that specific mental image came from, but he stuck to it for many months. I think Andrew was a little intimidated to make the cake, but still decided to go big and make a 3D creation. Alex called it "Matthew's weird cake" and Andrew said it wasn't his best, but it made Matthew smile so I'm still calling it a win. And how to describe Matthew these days? Matthew is incredibly tuned into the needs of others. I've lied in bed on a Saturday morning and heard h...