Saying goodbye

We had a couple of days to say goodbye to baby before he went to live with his grandma.

One last round of Beatles songs:

A 9-page letter:

Final snuggles:

Spelling bee

Coop was one of the two finalists in his classroom spelling bee, so he was a contestant in the school spelling bee.  (Along with his friend Molly!)

He and Molly both went out in the 12th round.  Coop on the word "antecedents."

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....