This week

Nothing too important is going on, just lots of little things with Christmas approaching with remarkable speed. But I feel like I need to capture some little things, like:

• Having all three nieces (the ones who have been born, anyway!) overnight last weekend. Fun was had by all, especially when I took the four older ones to the Woldumar Christmas party and they danced their little hearts out.
• Nellie and Annie performed in the church Christmas show.
• We had the annual Wacyk Christmas brunch at Christie's Bistro - this time with Emily's future in-laws!
• Nellie sang and spoke Spanish in the school Christmas show last night, and was an angel in the live nativity today.
• DJ learned "so big!" and finds new ways to make us laugh every day. He pretends to lay down and sleep, or puts things over his face and makes us find him. He copies our sounds and intonation, and plays the "uh oh" game in which he throws his bottle or cup on the floor repeatedly. And he is beginning to stand on his own...I think walking is just around the corner. 
• The semester is winding down, although it seems like the workload actually picked up. I'm looking forward to a break at Christmas, though there's lots of baking and shopping and wrapping to do before then!

Other stuff

Here are a few other silly pictures to show what we've been up to.

Our "thankful tree." It was fun, and we missed it, so now we have the "thankful snowman." Pictures to come. :)

Grandparents Day at LCS. Maybe my favorite picture ever!

Annie's picture of Kevin 

Annie's funny face

Kev brought out the original Nintendo, so the girls are having fun with Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt

Moms

Moms are good at making Thanksgiving dinners, and taking their kids down a notch (in a good way, of course).

After reading my last post, my mom's response was, "really, Jamie? Eighty-seven percent? You haven't even gotten to the teenage years yet."

So let me clarify--I have 87% figured out how to keep Nellie alive and not crying. In terms of actually raising her...maybe 24%? And when it comes to DJ, the numbers drop rapidly. If that kid lives to see his first birthday, it will be a miracle. Yesterday I found him sucking on something. Turns out it was an outlet plug. You know, the ones I ran to Meijer to buy last week because he keeps sticking his fingers in outlets. It seems he knows how to get them out.