Gabe's December Day 6

Gabe's wishlist for Santa:
Zombie Lab, Pirate Set, Legos, Nerf Guns, Swat Uniform, Robots, Spy Gear, Barrel of Monkeys

Gabe's December Day 5

Tasting Great Grandma Purdy's peanut butter cookies for the first time.

Gabe's December Day 4

These special glasses make the tree appear to have hundreds of snowmen all over it!

Gabe's December Day 3

December 3rd, Gabe and Ayla met a new friend Oliver, who is also homeschooling! The three of them watched the Lights Fantastic parade and we went over to Oliver's house for hot cocoa after.

Gabe's December Day 2

We had a lovely Christmas-y kind of day. Pa and Memaw took us out to lunch and then to the SIU craft fair, and then to Cruistados for dessert. Cruistados has a really neat circular rack in the middle of their shop with loads of toys under $1. There were SO many cool plastic toys to choose from, Gabe had a really hard time deciding. Finally, he chose the handlebar mustache eraser.  Whaaa?

Gabe's December Day 1

This year, Christmas seems especially magical for this little guy. A couple of days ago, he told me "Mom, this is going to be the best Christmas EVER!". I asked him what made him say so, and he listed so many reasons. One was that we were going to have TWO trees this year. Gabe and Ayla are going to "craft" their own tree this year- they've already made cranberry garland and a couple of ornaments. A glitter star is in the works.

I'm going to challenge myself and see if I can take a photo every day of this magical time for the kids.  Pictured above is the tree they are working on.

Big Fall Update

Gabe has had an exciting and active Fall season. From turning 6 to harvesting fruits and veggies to raking leaves, to fall festivals and lectures at SIU. Mom has unfortunately had a very busy season too and has not always been able to be there with the camera to capture these moments.

Gabe just had an exciting weekend though and we wanted to share:

He went to promote to his yellow belt!

He rode a horse!

And was a Beekeeper for Halloween!