Christmas Wishes

The "Year of the Holiday Ties" is now a wrap. I LOVE this picture of these three handsome fellas. I had Troy and Brock sit with a gap between them and once I had my camera settings where I needed them, I asked Cael to sit down by the boys while Jer coaxed him with m&ms. It was almost too easy.

And the Wishes of three, very good boys:

Troy had more than a few ideas to give to Santa on his wish list. He has been very good this year and has overcome his homework issues; no longer fighting us every time we bring out his homework. Now we rarely even have to remind him, he'll do almost all of it on his own! His teacher loves having him in her class and has never had to change Troy's "behavior color" from green to yellow (warning) or red (trouble).

Brock has also been very good this year. His preschool teacher and Church teacher really enjoy having Brock in class. Brock's preschool also follows the "behavior colors" and Brock has never been bumped down from green and even gets moved up to exceptional (blue). At home he has worked hard on controlling his yelling when he gets upset. He went through a phase that when he'd get upset he would yell at us, making it impossible for us to say anything to him until he finally would calm down. We're glad he's outgrowing that! 

Cael has also been working hard on being a good boy this year. He's being taught not to hit, throw toys, throw fits, occasionally bite his brothers, stay off of the table, and stay out of the drawers and dishwasher. Good thing Santa is so understanding and patient!

I had plans for our Christmas card picture. Snow. I threw around the idea of driving towards Mt. Rainier but with our weekdays getting dark too soon after Troy gets home from school, Jer working most saturdays, and late church on sundays, I knew it wasn't going to happen. Instead we went to Hunter's Tree Farm, visited the farm animals (which included these reindeer) and took pic in the trees. The next weekend it snowed but retakes were not an option!