Christmas Caroling

Our church organized Christmas caroling for last Sunday. It was very fun. Coen, of course, enjoyed the spotlight and Halina made sure to avoid all eye contact. We visited three assisted living/nursing homes and two homes.

I'm seriously considering taking Coen to visit shut-ins. They need a conversation partner or someone to listen to, and he will provide endless stories, fictional and non-fictional.

Here's the highlight of his non-fiction stories from the caroling evening.

Woman: I see you are missing your two bottom teeth!
Coen: Yeah. The first one my mom pulled out. The second one, I was going poop on the toilet and I accidentally punched myself in the face and it came out of my mouth but don't worry. It didn't go in the toilet.

Every detail told.

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New Ride!

We traded in both our Pilot and Ford F-150 for a 2004 Ford Expedition. It is very spacious and will haul the camping trailer while fitting our lovely family.





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Roller Boy!

Franklin can now roll from back to front. Coen and Halina waited until after 4 months to do so and Franklin will be 4 months tomorrow (12/20/15). He wants to move and keep up with his siblings. I can't even put him in the Rock n Play seat because he flips to his tummy.

We had a few rough weeks of Frankie waking up at least every 2 hours at night, but the past few nights have been just 1 or 2 times of waking up. A lovely Christmas gift that hopefully continues for a while :)





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Daily stuff

Here's a video of a normal morning in our house. (Halina had eaten all the chocolates out of Coen's advent calendar.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNqi6TvdqeE


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Missing body part!

Coen lost his first tooth! He lost it on December 4. It was just dangling there so I pulled it out. He got $1 and a pair of Star Wars socks out of the deal.





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Peach

This is our new dog, Peach! She's about a year old, female, golden retriever-maybe border collie mix. She is learning the ropes but is very sweet and a great jogging partner. She adores the kids and they're having fun playing with her. Buster tolerates her affection and has even played with her a couple of times.














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Happy Jumping Frankie!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Oca6xLWwI


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Coen 6 years

Coen is a hoot. He is always learning a new joke and usually relaying it slightly incorrectly. He has a loud voice and he has many big emotions. He really enjoys kindergarten and is very good at math. He is getting better at careful coloring and penmanship. He is a friend to everyone and he loves Star Wars, Legos, and playing games. He is an unbelievably incredible big brother and the biggest help to me every day.














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Halina at 2.75 years

Hallie age 2.75

Favorite color: Red
Favorite movie: Frozen
She enjoys sleeping with at least three toys.
She wants to wear tights with everything.
She changes clothes and shoes as often as possible.
She loves to hug and kiss Franklin and she calls him Frank or Frankie.
She has a very hard noggin. She's never the one left crying after bonked heads.
She likes to sing Daniel Tiger's song "I love to be with my family" and then tell me that God wanted her in our family.
She is shy and reserved at first and then a wrestling, joke-telling sweetheart.
Halina does not do what Halina does not want to do. No form of bribery works.














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Little Happy Franklin

Franklin is such a happy boy as long as I am nearby :)














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