4th time

And your regularly scheduled January, already in progress

"I love yellow...a shooting star!" She said.

"I only like sitting on this rock," he said. But that didn't last long.

"Mini-cut" (trimming around the letters)

Mittens like sponges

Robot and flower (on separate sides of the fridge)

Preschool lake

Near freezing temperatures make for a funny combination of warm and waterproof. (And a sundress with tights)

So glad for the indoor playroom on days like this. 

2 hour delay

Christmas bonus: I sorted ALL the Lego pieces by color

Opposite stripes

Papa's gingerbread, Mama's Haselnuss

Otto sings the cookie dipping song.

Volunteers for taste testing. As per usual, no one likes every kind, except Papa. Juniper didn't eat anything with "too much" (any) ginger. Otto had to use a spoon to rescue cookies from his milk. Leo made a puzzle cookie. 

Beautiful winter

Orange and navy

An unexpected day-off

Boiler troubles left the school with no heat. It was surreal to leave the drop-off line with the kids still in the car. 

We are doing a little school work, after "morning recess" in our snowy yard.

Also very odd to have the boys home but Juni at school.

Bright

Royal icing architecture

This year we learned dipping the candy in the icing works well for little ones. 

And eight is old enough to do all the steps yourself. 

December bedtime stories are extra special

Run, Juni, Run

Just enough snow