Baby xmas 2

We had to get our baby's Christmas gifts early because he left us to go live with grandma:

Toddler Elmo couch!

Baby xmas 1

DCCCA, our foster care organization, hosted a Christmas party:

The boys

Baby watching Coop's piano recital:

Hugs:

Doing dishes:

Singing his favorite song, Baby Shark:

Cooper

I hosted an 80s murder mystery party for a group of law students.  Cooper helped and was appropriately attired:

Jamming with the students:

Math homework while I grade papers:

Practicing with Molly via FaceTime for the school spelling bee:

New skills

Baby Shark

Baby's sign for "I want to watch the Baby Shark song.  Please."

Watching the video:

The kids

At the law school for final memo turn-in day (with donuts!):

Hugs:

Nerf gun collection:

With friends

Coop and Juliette out shooting:

A screen-free day:

Watching Bob Ross:

At least someone is doing vocab homework!

On a slide at the playground:

Perhaps the most boring (but sweet) video ever:

Baby

Big kid!

Lift with your legs, not your back!

Hello!

 Admiring the fish at the pediatrician's office:

At the nature center:

Dancing to Cooper's piano playing:

Thanksgiving

It was our final year for the Raintree Feast.  Cooper and the other 6th year students served the meal:

Baby loved the chocolate covered pretzels:

 Coop and Juliette helped clean out a pumpkin for pie-making:

Miss Ally came through!

Baby and I spent our actual Thanksgiving meal with some friends:

Cooper

Picked the last of the season's peppers and made them the Fab Four:

On his iPad when he had to come sit in on my class (his school was closed):

At a performance of Elf, the musical:

Getting an ultrasound.  We're going to have another hernia surgery soon....

The boys

Grandma Joan sent McDonald's gift cards for Halloween.  Everyone was quite happy!

Cooper folding laundry, in a laundry basket.

Singing and leaves

Cooper's school choir performed at an assisted living place:

(You can see Coop's head behind the boy with the blue suit jacket and bow tie.)

In between songs, they talked with residents about holiday traditions:

(Coop and his brown vest in the middle of the pic.)

Leaves in the driveway!

Voting and other important work

Baby went with me to vote:

Coop borrowed the "future voter" sticker for a photo op:

Using Halloween candy to bribe himself to do his math homework:

Cryptograms for fun: