Bryn was super pumped for school a few Fridays ago. It was "sports day," where you get to wear a team jersey for school. I had gone digging and found her soccer jersey from when she played soccer at age four, and it was a perfect fit. She gave me a kiss and bounded out of the car behind Addison, turning around to close the sliding door. And then she kept standing by the car. Because her finger was closed in the door! I jumped into action and opened the door to release her finger and then had her come around to the passenger side and climb back in the car. Then we went and parked in a parking space so she could scream and cry and we could assess the damage. The finger was still straight, which was a relief, but the poor girl could not stop crying. It hurt SO BAD! So she skipped school that day and we applied lots of ice and tylenol and kept it elevated. We could tell that she'd definitely be losing a fingernail by that point. I wasn't sure about whether to take her i...

Waiting while Dad checks to see if Santa came. He came! Let's go! Stockings first. Addison got a mousetrap marble in his stocking. One morning before school, he swallowed the old one. We got an xray, he digested it completely, and left it as a souvenir for the lucky person to follow him in the Kohl's bathroom. (I guess he tried repeatedly to flush it, but those things weigh like 3 pounds!) Thanks for rendering our Mousetrap game useable again, Santa. Then Dad forced us all to eat breakfast. No pictures because we were in a hurry. Then present time! We take turns and try to make it last as long as possible. Minecraft This was the crafting triumph of the century! Thanks to Nate, Meg, Sam and Jenna for sharing their designing, cutting, hot-gluing, Coke-buying and staying-up-late skills to make it all happen. I love it. Excuse all the photos, I just have to show it off. Side Other s...