curly, surly, burly, and girly...and more "Advent-ures"

Well I wish I could say that we've had an amazing and smooth week. But I must admit to a questionable bad attitude in the midst of a too-busy week that coincided with some vomit flying and four exhausted crying crab cakes on my hands. There wasn't too much puking (thankfully), and the nausea I was having was most likely due to dehydration (who forgets to drink water?! Really.) ...anyway, we have been doing a few more Advent activities and trying to get the kids to bed as early as possible. In the meantime, I've finished this little sewing project for my Curly Girl for a Christmas gift: a little fabric artist case. Cami has been busy with school, picking on her brothers (oh wait, I probably shouldn't mention that...), crafting and decorating the tree with hair bows. Calvin (a.k.a. Surly) has been a barrel of fun lately. I rather enjoy his food creations plastic jar hooves... Even his odd wall hanging contraption: ...which really is quite practical for anyone with an urgent need for a toy coinciding with an itching peppermint craving. He also spontaneously broke out his bike during a driveway-shoveling session for some snowy fun on wheels. And along with the fun, we've had many power struggles and a few too many emotions on display (the angry screaming kind), but we're making progress. I think. My little burly boy is talking more and has a hilarious and contagious little-man laugh, and is also showing more independence at least with putting on shoes (and that little thing can be a huge help on busy mornings!) Although I believe last week we did leave the house in sweatpants paired with dress shoes. A classy bunch we are. Here he is playing with some peppermint-scented sparkly play-dough:

And Girly has reached a very important day today: her first pony tail! She has also been rolling everywhere, gurgling with her spit-up that she mostly re-swallows, and she interacts very playfully, wildly wagging her head and smiling at her feat of coordination and strength. Little tiger that she is.

And finally some quick shots of some more Advent fun: a miniature scroll, tying in with our devotional...

...and a sledding day with Dad:

Hope you all have a good and vomitless week!