Wit by Amanda: November 2016

November was a good month. We have a lot to be thankful for as a family. We went to Phoenix to celebrate Thanksgiving, Christmas, and my parents 40th anniversary with my side of the family. Another thing that Jack and I got to do today was help with a block party at an apartment complex down the street from us that houses many refugees from all over the world. It was so nice to experience missions with Jack. He passed out Thomas stickers to all the kids around his age and he loved it. We also got our house ready for Christmas before we left for Arizona. It was fun to set up a new house for Christmas. The black and white photos are the kids school photos. Francine and Jack's personalities definitely are showing through in the photos.

**Funny/Sweet Story's of the month (I remembered to write down)**
This is the sweetest thing that I have seen Jack do with Francine. One day this month I overheard him telling Francine in our driveway, "You see up there (pointing to the chimney)...that's where Santa is coming in".

#Jackamadeus - BIG BROTHER update!

Favorite color - Blue
Favorite food - Macaroni and cheese and peas (from home not at a restaurant) :)
Favorite hobby - Trains
Favorite song - Any Christmas song!
Funny quote - We were leaving the YMCA and the Y play coordinator is named Amanda. Jack told me when we were leaving..."mommy she has beautiful hair".
His quirks - Right now we are struggling to keep him in his toddler bed. He comes out of his bed multiple times in the night and during nap. I know this is a temporary thing and it wont be forever...but man its tough right now. The other day he came down from his bed and said he was "having a really bad day".

#Francineclaire - LITTLE SIS update!

Highlight - 20 months this month. Time is flying by
Her words - She is definitely a repeater right now. She has a lot to keep up with thanks to her brother
Sleep - She is a great sleeper at nights. We have had some early mornings lately. Again - in the big scheme of things its only a short amount of time. We have definitely gone down to one nap a day for the most part which I kind of miss 2 naps , but we are able to get out and about earlier in the day.
Clothes - She is in 18-24 months clothes. She wears size 5 shoes
Diapers - Size 5!
Food - We are having a hard time with this for sure.
Skills - One of her favorite things to do is play with play dough.
Crying - again....another area of improvement is needed. :)