The Quiet Book

For the past 6 months I have been working with my friend Sarah on creating a quiet book. It took us a long time. This is something I have wanted for all of my babies, but finally got around to making one for Lily. This is what she got for Christmas. The boys love it too though. Hopefully it will last.
Find the bugs hidden in the grass.

Matching patterns.

Match the animal to its pattern.

Match the animal to its home.

Build a sandwich, set the table, undo the buckle.

The stoplight.

Using snaps, learning shapes.

Button the flowers.

Flip photo books.

" What time is it?"

Lace the football.

Drive the car down the tracks.

Write a letter and mail it.

Dress the weather/season bear. Learn to use a zipper.

Tic-Tac-Toe

The cover. We actually split the pages between two covers to help out with fighting...hopefully. After all it is supposed to be a "quiet" book. We will see, first run is this Sunday.

Thanksgiving

Lily found the leftover pie!!

All the kiddos eating pumpkin pie.

The table.

Me, cooking. I have to admit, dinner turned out awesome!!!

Playing before dinner.

We had all the Swensen clan over for Thanksgiving. It was a lot of fun and not nearly as stressful as I thought it may turn out. We had a great day.

We have so much to be thankful for.

Something Funny

This morning Luke threw a toy at the TV and broke his toy. When I began to chastise him for this choice this is the conversation that ensued...
"Luke, why did you throw that toy at the TV?"
"I didn't!"
"Luke, I saw you."
"Well, I knew that I shouldn't, I thought about it, but then I lost my thinking."

I laughed so hard I couldn't even be bugged anymore.

Then later we were driving in the car. We were listening to Christmas music and the song was talking about mistletoe. Luke asked what mistletoe was.
So I said...
"Well, it is a Christmas tradition that has to do with a plant with green leaves and white berries. People hang it up and if you get caught standing under the plant you have to kiss."

"Yuck, that is disgusting!! I would never kiss a plant!" I began to laugh!!

"No, no, you kiss the person standing under the mistletoe with you."

"Now I really hate mistletoe...that is disgusting!"

So funny.