This is Travis’s family. Fletch sits at his computer. Elliot plays video games. Stuart runs around sans pants. And I am sitting in bed all the time. Travis is outside the house completely. There is a lot of middle child angst here. 

Travis plays guitar now. 

Stuart: K-o-h-l-e-r. That spells “pot!” 

Elliot: Dear God, thank you for being the bridge over the lava pit of sin. Amen. 

Travis: There are two kinds of done. D-o-n-e and D-u-n-n. My mom says she’s both! 

Stuart: Nana starts with B. Be-nana! 

I should be glad that my 2-yr old enjoys writing and can write letters, right? Just not on my wall! He loves when we read Harold and the Purple Crayon, but we have to stress that Harold writes ON PAPER. 

Travis reading to Stuart

Stuart and his buddy Blake at a Christmas cookie play date! 

Here is Stuart’s school picture. So adorable!! 

It did snow today, but the kids still had school. However, school was cancelled after the electricity didn’t come on by lunch time. So they were basically home all day. Plus they have two days off this week for parent teacher conferences! 

Elliot came in the house after playing in the snow singing “Simply having a wonderful Christmas time!”