Week in Review

We had a pretty busy week around here.  Let's start from the beginning:

• Ellis and Logan had a few rough nights earlier in the week and one day actually woke up right when I needed to get ready for work.  Clearly I can not entertain them while I get ready, so they joined daddy in bed until I was done.

• The reason for the rough nights?  New teeth.  Ellis had two new teeth pop through this week.  His top right and bottom left tooth.  Any day now he should be getting his bottom right one.

• We had art night on Tuesday.  The boys finger painted Christmas trees (with much guidance).  I hope to add a little title to their art work and then I will take a picture of it and post it on here.  

• After the boys had their first taste of non-pureed fruit last weekend, we decided it was time to try some more.  We are currently trying peaches, which Ellis seems to prefer more and bananas, which they are both figuring out still.  Of course I was hoping it could be eaten as a finger food, but the peaches are just too slippery for that.  They also started Cheerios!  YUMMY!  They love their Cheerios and have no problem eating it all on their own!

• We took a long overdue trip up north so the boys could meet their Great Grandpa Frahm and Great Aunt Georgine.  It was a nice visit and the boys did really well the entire time.  They also did well with their dog, Kayla (I think Bella helped prep them), and didn't even mind the kisses she was giving them.  Although they had a much shorter nap than normal, it made for a very quiet drive home! 

• Today was cookie baking day.  In past years, my mom, Nicole, and I get together to make cookies before Christmas.  Unfortunately we waited too long to plan a specific date and Nicole's calendar filled up quickly.  So, it was just my mom and I this year (you were greatly missed, sis!).  We had a good time making 5 different cookies, named below.  

Clockwise, from the top:  No-bake butterscotch, Lemon poppy seed crisps,
 Triple Chocolate Bars, Russian Teaballs, and Coconut Biscuits.

• While we baked, Troy had baby-duty.  This morning, he serenaded the boys with his guitar and Ellis was ultra-interested in what he was playing.  

• The boys continue to enjoy standing up against things.  Logan even pulled himself to standing, in his crib earlier today, probably as a way of saying he didn't want to nap - ha!  Logan likes to do the downward dog (yoga pose) too.  They are just so funny to watch, as they learn different things to do.  

• Ellis is continuing to act like mommy -- this time by being chatty.  He is starting to babble even more and said "dadadadada" right when daddy was about to feed them.  So cute, but dang, why can't they ever say "mamamamama" first?   

That's all for now.  I am wishing everyone a very good last 7 days (well, 6 full days at this point) until Santa comes next weekend.  I am definitely looking forward to 2 weeks off....ahhh....