Liam's Artwork

We always love seeing Liam's artwork.  The first picture is a drawing done by his friend Brooke.  She drew the cutest picture of them.  Liam's comment was that his legs looked way longer than in real life.  We commented on other things like whether she is pregnant or just had big boobs.  LOL!  Liam had some very impressive artwork this year.  He did the day of the dead, his saint speech, Star student poster, Thanksgiving artwork, Christmas artwork, Christmas gift to us - cute letter and an ornament with a string as tall as Liam, Liam's bucket list, etc.  

Grayson's Artwork

Here is some of Grayson's artwork.  Now that he's in 3rd grade they don't do as much artwork in class.  It's bittersweet knowing he's getting too old to do the cute artwork he used to do, but sweet knowing he's growing up and they are focusing on more school work. 

Grayson & Liam ~ December Photos

December was a very busy month with the school Christmas program, the holidays and our special individual date nights.  Grayson and Liam had their Christmas program at the church and each grade sang two songs.  The boys did a great job and really got into the singing.  We are so proud of them.  The Elf on the Shelf visited us and had some funny run-ins.  One day he got into the toilet paper and made a mess!  The boys had fun looking for him each day and looking for the present he left for them.  We had special individual date nights.  Craig took Grayson to a Chicago black hawks game and I took Liam to see a movie.  Liam played basketball with his friends from 1st grade for i9 and he's really improved this season.  He started doing this cool moves where he dribbles the ball under his leg.  The first time I missed the game because Grayson got sick, but all the moms told me about it.  They thought it was the cutest thing.  The next game I was able to witness it first hand.  I'm so proud of my little basketball player.  Grayson's class made the cutest Christmas card.  We love this time of year!

Christmas

We had a nice Christmas.  We slept in and then opened presents and had breakfast.  The boys had fun opening all their cool gifts from Santa and everyone else.  They got a lot of cool gifts.  We watched football, ate lots of food and then hung out at our good friends' house Christmas night, the Alexanders.  We had homemade pasta, salad and a pork roast along with a delicious charcuterie board.  The kids had fun hanging out and we were introduced to their new bunnies.  It was a very special Christmas and we feel so lucky to have such a wonderful family.