A snowman

Look! I made a snowman with my lunch! Will you take a picture?

In which Amelia is delighted by math

Amelia loves math. I do not understand where I have gone wrong in raising my Xhosa, but this girl adores mathematics (actual, I kid. I a terribly proud of my girl and her affinity for math. Math was not ever a subject that made my heart skip a beat, so I don't totally understand her thinking, but I am so, so proud of her. I wouldn't change a thing.

The minute she got off the bus for her winter break, she was at the table, doing math problems she made up herself. When I suggested so go ahead and give the math a rest, she became more determined to do math. This brought on a fit of giggling which further developed into fall on the floor laughter as I pretended to be aghast by her continued math behavior.

A relaxing bedtime routine

Just one of the many ways we unwind and ready ourselves for sleep.

I cannot explain

Because I do not understand what is happening here. But, we have nativity figurines and Mr Potato head.

I have no idea

I have no idea what is happening here. It involves the angel from our nativity and many miscellaneous Mr Potato head parts.

Amelia's joke

Amelia loves jokes. William does too, but he doesn't remember as many as Amelia does.

Nuts

This one is from September 5.

Gemma loves nuts. It seems like a weird thing for a kid to like, but I guess there are worse things for her to eat. The word "nuts" is a little tricky to say, but always came out adorable. We tried multiple times to get her to say it without success. Here she is, requesting some "nuts" as well as contemplating climbing the shelves in our pantry like a monkey.