You might think this is a sweet picture of Ellis getting ready for Christmas. Nope. This is Ellis removing every piece of candy from our countdown because we let Sam put the candy in while Ellis refused to finish his homework. Then Ellis put all the candy back in. #nevergivein
I turned around halfway through our walk home from school to discover that Sam was bringing home a very large souvenir. #lifewithboys #samo
And now these two have been playing Dreidel for 45 minutes. Looks like we may have a new holiday tradition to add to the mix! 😊 #merryeverything #momphotobomb
For over three months now, we have been playing "two truths and a lie" at dinner. We each share two truths and a lie about our day and then everyone guesses the lie. It has turned out to be the best way I have found to get boys to open up with details about their day. And it always gets us giggling! #aroundthedinnertable #twotruthsandalie #lifewithboys
Everything we need to know about Christmas and surprises we learned from Ben's mom. #closetofmystery #secretnotsosecret
Archer joined in the Christmas movie + haircut fun yesterday. Looks like he fit right in!
Bidding farewell to a piece of technology that we may never own again. Goodbye, cordless phone. You served us well through thick and thin and even toilet water, but now it's time to go.
This may look like an ordinary dental visit. But if you knew how much anxiety was bottled up in this little boy over the mere thought of someone putting their hands and instruments in his mouth, you would be as proud of him as I am. #samo #icandohardthings #whitecoatanxiety #happymealbribe
Fun night and morning at Embassy Suites (with matching jammies!) courtesy of Grandma Lori. We love #christmastimeinthecity🎄🚕 Thanks,@lorijunemama!
Santaland is finally within reach! When we got here, we were given a pager and got to kill time in Macy's for just under 2 hours before the pager went off and we got to wait here. This Santa better be spectacular! #macyssantaland
The real deal. #santaclaus #macysonstatestreet #christmastimeinthecity
Some light Christmas Eve reading by the fireplace. #dilbert
Can't get enough of what Sam calls the "Santa Tractor." #googlesantatracker 🎄
This little one makes Christmas feel extra magical. #awayinamanger #archersfirstchristmas #sweetbabyboy #landofnodbookmanger
At Christmas in particular, I love being a dad to these wise men. #fourkings
Ellis convinced us that we finally have enough family members to act out the Nativity. It involved lots of costume changes, but the boys were all over it and it was pretty special. I'm glad to know that I don't have any competition to be Mary anytime soon. 😊 #iversonnativity #christmaseve #awayinamanger
Boys are fun. #merrychristmas
Santa found some tickets to Star Wars! #theforceisstronginmyfamily
We are having SUCH a good, low-key time with our visitors this week. We are mostly taking care of babies and talking. We have waited so long to meet Shug and Paul's twins, and we ADORE them!!! #shugandpaul #newyearsweek
Brittany, Archer, and I got to go out to the Art Institute today. I loved this potato piece in the modern wing, representative of energy conservation. 👍🏼#artinstituteofchicago
Jacob came to even out the teams, so the real party can start! #gamenight #trivialpursuit #shugpaulbrittanyjacob
