New Year’s Day

We came back to Katy today to spend New Year's Day with some of our favorite friends. Grandma, Papa, and Aunt Paige came with us, but we didn't get photos of them. We had finger foods (Cowboy Caviar), ate dinner (ribs & sauerkraut), socialized, played reverse charades (where the team acts it out and one person guesses), and watched the Incredibles. We always have a lot of good laughs when we are with them.  

New Years Eve at Home

Games

Jordan talked Lexi into playing Connect 4 Launch. He loves flipping the chips onto the board.  

Sequence

For Christmas, Aunt Melissa gave us the game Sequence.  Lexi & Jordan are quickly becoming experts about the different strategies.  They want to play the game all the time.  Fortunately for me, it is a fun game.  

Fortune Teller

Yesterday at the play, our friends had a fortune teller that they had made.  Lexi and Jordan were so fascinated and entertained by it.  When we got home, they couldn’t stop talking about it.  I told them that I use to make them when I was young.  They begged me to make one for each of them.  I really had to think about it to remember the steps.  I managed to pull it off though.  The neighbor kids even came over and each wanted one, so I got lots of practice.  I showed Lexi the steps hoping that from now on she can make them herself.

Friend's Birthday Party

We went to a birthday party for the kids' friend, Julian, today. He turned four. We were asked to bring a few chairs for musical chairs. Lexi excelled at it. In fact, she won the first game. Jordan, however, didn't quite get it at first. He was quickly eliminated because he wanted to sit in "his chair" that we brought. He bypassed the open chair near him and was quite upset to discover that someone else got it. During the second game, Jordan was much more aggressive. At one point, the other kids had grabbed a chair and there was one left for Jordan or Lexi. They both kind of froze and didn't want to fight over it. Lexi insisted that Jordan take it. Everyone was impressed by how nice she was to her brother.

The cake was quite interesting at the party. Besides being shaped and decorated as a train, it was gluten-free, dairy-free, and soy-free. My friend recently graduated from medical school as a holistic doctor and they have a very strict diet.