December, in Review

It's now the end of April and I'm just getting around to posting pictures of December.  It snowed yesterday, though, so it still kind of feels like December.  I'm hoping to "catch up" on at least a few more major things that happened in the past several months, but in missing many days, week and months, I'm finding that I'm already forgetting the little things that made this time unique.  So once I'm caught up, I'm really hoping to do weekly updates, at least.  So I don't forget things like Tate's complete obsession with The Wild Kratts game on pbskids.com that I somehow started when Sully wasn't feeling well and is now a daily battle.  Or that Tate and Rowan each had a birthday and deserve a look back at the year.  Or the funny things the kids say that are, of course, now slipping my mind.

December is a pretty busy month around here.  Full of school programs, seeing family and enjoying our own family Christmas traditions.  So, here's December, or at least what I remember of it from pictures:

 Happy kids on Christmas morning at Grandma Jackie's house

 Rowan always saves her own money to buy presents for Tate.  She loves giving gifts.

 Lance making Sullivan laugh

 Sweet-talking Santa--the year's big wish was a Dream Light for each of them

 The whole family on a horse-drwan wagon ride

 The kids loved the horses.  The poor horses look a little tired, though!

 Getting ready for Tate's Christmas program

 Petting reindeer

Sullivan slept through the night for a week straight.  He was the happiest little guy!  Unfortunately that hasn't happened again.  We're all pretty tired around here!

Tate and his gingerbread house

 Rowan and her gingerbread house

The kids in front of the tree we cut down.  It was, once again, gigantic.