I have been going to coffee at the USO with other military spouses and Adaline has been stealing my monthly gift. Last month my blanket and now today my hat.

This kid had his 10 year wellness check. He’s 4ft 6in tall! 

These two had a great Christmas!

Christmas Eve gifts were books and Robes. Adaline was being a stinker.

We decorate zombie cookies every year because we’re weird

Jack chose The Cheesecake Factory for his birthday lunch out. A day late but he ate so much he couldn’t walk.

We went to a USO family craft night tonight. The kids had fun!

Jack buddy turned 10 today! I can’t believe how grown he is!

We had J’s work Christmas party and the kids got to see Santa again!

Little dude received his Black Belt Certificate in the mail today. He was very proud of himself

Video games on this lazy weekend

Ugly Christmas sweater day at school! I think the kids have worn these same sweaters for 3 years now. I think they’ll outgrow them next year. 

I was filling the dogs water dish so I told Jack to give me a minute before I could reach his bowl down for breakfast. He said never mind and did it himself 

Santa drove by our house on a fire truck tonight and the firefighters handed out candy canes!

Homework!

Found the big park after school today

The dog literally ate Adaline’s homework

 Her animal assigned to her for her science project is a Tiger and she didn’t want to learn about tigers today, so homework isn’t going well. 

Letters to Santa 

We downloaded the SkyView app on our phones so we could drive further out into the desert and see the stars in the pitch darkness. The kids really enjoyed lining up the app with the sky to learn the constellation names. We found a few planets, the international space station, the Milky Way, and some shooting stars. 

Momma did all the Thanksgiving cooking this morning and by afternoon we were decorating the Christmas tree. Of course our Santa hats came out too! The kids had a fun day

After a week of just the kids and I while J was in the field, we were able to go to the tree lighting ceremony on base tonight as a family. Adaline got her face painted like a cat, they saw a few school friends, we had hot cocoa and cookies provided by the USO, they met Santa and Mrs. Clause, made decorations for our tree, they danced and had fun. We’re so grateful for events like this that we can all be there for. These kids are growing up way too fast. 

Adaline had a blue note day at school. She says that means she had a stellar day listening and following directions. 

He’s got some crazy bed head lately but he says he doesn’t want a haircut…

I’m not sure who walked who but we did a nice long walk to see the rest of the tanks on base today