Our Baby Boyer

This month started with an ice storm on a Friday and ended on an ice storm that never happened on a Friday. The first one was unexpected. It was only supposed to do a little and then warm up before we left for school. It never warmed up! Mommy and I stayed at school with the other kids and teachers until 8:00 because everyone was sliding off the road. It was actually kind of fun. We got to watch parts of 3 movies on mats in the gym, ran in the halls, and played all kinds of games for as long as we wanted to. By the time we left, the roads were mainly safe until we got to our neighborhood. We had to park and walk. But, when we got to the driveways, we had to crawl on our hands and knees. It was pretty funny and I love telling the story! We got a snow day the next Monday. The second ice storm that was predicted never happened and we ended up with a 4 day weekend because of MLK day.
The rest of the time was a lot of Christmas fun. I had a blast helping Mommy wrap Christmas presents. I spent a lot of time making Emily an Olaf latch hook. I was really proud of myself! I enjoyed our holiday party at school and got to go to Emily's party at her school later in the week. We had a nice visit from Nana Arden and our friend Ellen who gave us some gifts. She is so thoughtful.
Christmas was really busy. We went to Washington on Christmas Eve and celebrated with Papa Ron and Nana Carol and family in the morning, and with Grandma Kathy and Grandpa Tom and family in the afternoon. Then we headed back home to get our house ready for Santa to come! I was really excited that morning to get some Beanie Boos and the Lego Friends Hotel from Santa, but even more excited when I saw that my big gift from Mommy and Daddy was my own iPad! It came with a lot of rules, but I am doing a really good job and following them. I love texting the select few people I am allowed to! We visited the Magic Tree on Christmas night.
We had a really fun week and a half off from school. We went bowling as a family. I got a strike on my first time! Afterwards, we chanted "Red Lobster" from the backseat and Daddy actually gave in! (Don't let him kid you, it's his favorite restaurant!) Mommy took me and Emily up to Kirksville to visit the Kadens. We were all amazed at how well Jaxson and I got along. All it took was a puppy puzzle to bring us together! We spend some time at Nana Arden's, and a lot of time just playing at home.
We went to Brynn's house for New Year's Eve again, and this time, Daddy and Emily came for a little bit! It was so fun to bring in the new year with good friends!
It was a little hard giving up our freedom when we went back to school, but we did OK. I had Girl Scouts already my first day back, and we have already started selling cookies! I'm not totally motivated even though Mom keeps asking me to go out and sell. I do really like the new Smores cookie that I got to try at our cookie rally!
We got to do a little sledding in the small amount of snow we did get and it was a lot of fun. I also did snow angels and tried to body surf down the hill (it didn't work!)
Today, I was asked to go to a movie night at Ella's house, and Gabe was there too! The movie night turned into a sleepover!
Wrestling with Daddy and Emily