January Fun

It snowed here (just a LITTLE bit), but Zev had fun playing out in it with his class. 

 Tahl still loves to marry off his stuffed animals. I'm not sure there are many weddings though where you can wear a yarmulke, a tie, and your Pokemon underwear....

He let Zev hold his Slow Loris while he married Naomi the unicorn. 

I discovered a new way to grocery shop with three kids.  It only works with the car cart, and it doesn't leave much room for groceries, but the guys behaved for like fifteen minutes. It's the little things. 

 Isaac take baby Archie everywhere he goes.  Here he is wearing him.

The boys and I made lots of hearts to decorate for Valentine's Day! 

We even did the back door, and I found some Valentine's Day lights up in the attic. 

 He isn't quite as obsessed as he used to be, but Tahli still really loves unicorns. 

This weekend we had a Sunday night picnic.  We watched the Princess Bride and ate on the ground in the play room.  The guys loved it. 

Monday, the boys had the day off of school for Martin Luther King Day, so we went to the zoo with Emily and her boys. 

We had five guys on the elephants, and one guy who is still too little, but it won't be long!

We love having Emily live here now, and all of my boys love all of her boys! 

New Years Eve

New Years Eve was the last night of Hanukkah!  Tahl opened some books from the Richardson's and so did Isaac.  They both loved them, but I didn't get any pictures because I was too busy with Zev.  He opened a shirt from me, and he loved it like I knew he would.  This is the perfect shirt for this guy.  He is a huge Harry Potter fan, and he is also, almost always, up to no good. 

Just an example of a normal Zev moment... 

After we did Hanukkah, we did New Years Eve!  We watched the countdown on Netflix, we toasted with sparkling apple juice, and then we did sparklers.  The guys love this tradition. 

We may have done them in our robes to keep warm, but it was fun just the same. 

Isaac thinks he is big enough for his own sparkler. Let's just say that we are lucky he didn't burn his hair off. 

After the guys went to bed, Ari and I played card games and drank champagne.  We are definitely the coolest. 

Haircuts and Hanukkah!

The week after Christmas was a busy one.  The first thing we did after getting back to Dallas was to finally get all three guys hair cuts.  I will say that this guy definitely needed one! 

Here is Isaac after his cut. 

And Zevi.

Before and after on this kid... 

The next day we went to the toy store to return a gift that Tahl loved, but he already had.  He got this amazing stuffed animal.  He named her "Naomi," and she has turned into a very frequent play mate. 

The next day we went to Playstreet with friends.  I only got this picture of Isaac because it cracked me up that he was carrying a grocery basket of food, a baby, and a broom all at once.  These are three of his very most favorite things. 

Here are our candles for the fifth night of Hanukkah. 

Ari wasn't home yet, but here is a family candle light selfie. 

On the sixth night of Hanukkah we had Mimi over. 

Tahl really needed to try on her glasses. 

Tahl got "Team Rocket" figures from Pokemon, and it made his week.  Zev got a "Magic 8 ball" that has been predicting everyone's futures.  Isaac got the best gift of all, pajamas that match his baby.

He loves these!  He's been wearing them all the time now, even during the day. Archie doesn't seem to mind them either. 

Christmas!

Before we went to my Dad's house for Christmas Isaac and Tahl spent their last money from Ari's grandma.  They each got a robe while they were on holiday sale at Target.  They were so excited. 

Isaac thinks Tahl is the best thing that ever happened to him.

How cute are these two together?

Tahl had to have this robe with the owl head.  Here he is showing it off for the camera. 

We drove to Tyler on Christmas Eve.  Zev had already gone down with my dad a day early.  We went out for Asian food on Christmas Eve, and then we came home to leave cookies out for Santa. 

Santa was very good to our guys! 

He gave Zev just what he asked for: checkers, Mastermind, and a gift card to Barnes and Nobel. 

He gave Isaac a baby, a stroller, a car to play on, and a book by one of his favorite authors. 

Tahl got his Hatchimal, Lion Guard figures, and a slow loris puppet along with some books. 

On Christmas morning, I thought Isaac went to the bathroom, but it turns out he showed back up driving his car from Santa.  

Zev told him that he liked it, and Isaac said, "I know.  It is BEAUTIFUL."  I almost died from the cuteness. 

After Jacob, Scott, and Madi got there, we went to open gifts. 

The boys were so excited to see everything that they got! 

Tahl was pretty excited about this one.  I think he liked it more before he opened it. 

It was pretty cute like this.  Now that it is all the way out of the shell, it is pretty much just like a Furby.