| Our neighbor Garrett, with Flynn and Innaias while Pete is on the roof putting up the Christmas lights | The kids got the sidewalk chalk and paint out and went nuts | At least that’s not wool over his eyes | The scene | Flynn and Garrett | Angel Choir and Joyful Noises singing “I Would Have Been Surprised Too” |
| Innaias is technically not yet old enough for Angel Choir, but Stephanie humors us and lets him sing anyway | Gathered around for the advent moment | I’m sure there’s a good reason Guinness has the matches. I just can’t think of it at the moment. | Oh, right. Birthday Croissants. | The big event is coming up soon, but a little party at home is fun too | Working on fixing the mistakes the Metropolitan Market made on the cake |
| All better now (they misspelled Guinness, so we scraped the name off and Guinness wrote it the correct way, and added a little more embellishments) | Innaias, trying to store himself in a bin with the blanket | “You want a piece of me?”, the Joker says to Batman | Flynn building marble machines | Innaias just being cute | Decorating the Christmas tree |
| Innaias | Peapod helping Innaias with the jigsaw puzzle book | Angel Choir at the family service | Attention is drifting for some children, including two of ours | But Stephanie is great at getting them right back | Singing sweetly |
| We met up with Tom and Brenda at a new dim sum place in Gilman Village | Then headed up to their place to wear them out completely | The kids were excited to see them, and to get to use the Nerf guns again | A pretty Christmas scene at their house | Tacos for dinner | The boys |
| Playing with the new Lego “Power Functions” set | Lots of gears, motors, chains, pullies, etc. make for a whole new dimension in Lego construction | Guinness’s creation | Watching Flynn work | Guinness helping Innaias get changed | Story time |
