What we did during the break

Luke was off work during the Christmas break and we had fun spending extra time with him. The day after Christmas we took the kids to family day at Dungeons and Drafts. There were several families and kids there to play one of our favorite games, "Ultimate Werewolf." 

 The kids were so excited to have their own special drinks

 We also spent three nights watching Episodes 4, 5 & 6 of Star Wars.

 And then we took the kids to see the new Star Wars with their friends at the new theater by our house.

 Another day we met up with one of Jack's best friends to see the Chipmunks movie.

 Jack was so happy to see his friend again since they no longer go to the same school.

Jack also asked to see another old friend who left his school. So we set up a bowling playdate and the boys had a blast together. So fun to get together with old friends. 

 We spent lots of time kissing this little kissy face

We also started sleep training both girls. Lily has been sneaking into our bed every night since Josie was born and it is now becoming a nuisance. She kicks me and Luke all night long. So Luke has moved into Jack & Lily's room for the time being to try to get Lily to sleep in her own bed. And in the meantime I am working on getting Josie to sleep in her own bed (she wakes me up an average of 20 times each night!). It is going as good as can be expected. Here is Josie cuddling with her little seahorse.

In order to make the sleep training work, Luke is now sleeping in Jack's bed, while Jack is on a mattress on the floor and we moved Lily's bed close to Jack's bed so Luke could hold her hand when she gets up at night. For a few nights, Lily crept into Jack's bed with Luke. Jack was not happy about Lily being in his bed and he wrote her this note

"Lily if you touch my bed and my special stuff I will
punch you in the face ok."

I can only hope that they will eventually be friends as adults and the memories of how they terrorized each other will fade.... unless they find this blog.


I guess this is why the third baby gets "babied." I never appreciated babies who can't talk so much as I do now. Besides the fact that she wakes up an average of 20 times a night, Josie can't talk yet and she is just so sweet. She loves to take showers with me and even after I shower I can get ready while she stays in the shower for as long as I let her. This is her "What?" face.

The Budweiser Brewery had a couple weeks were they held the "Brewery Lights" event. We didn't know what to expect so we invited my parents and headed to check it out. It was the most crowded event I have been to in a long time. It turned out that everyone gets a wristband for free beers (about two) and a buffet ticket for $10 where you can load up as much food as you can carry (you can't go back for seconds). So it was a good deal, but the crowds were unbelievable.

Outside they had some things set up for the kids but it was below freezing so we couldn't be outside very long

This is a tree maze. 

After we ate we headed outside to do s'mores, but it was so cold that we didn't last very long.

We also spent our weekends watching the Broncos games. 

And we started a Pandemic Legacy game with our friends. A Legacy game is one where you play over several months and each time you play the game changes. We open up these boxes each time we play and it changes certain things in the game. It is pretty fun

Pandemic is a fun game, but it is really tough to beat.

We also had a fondue night with some leftover cheese from the fondue party.

And just like that the break was over and back to our normal schedules...