A late Merry Christmas from us. We didn't send a Christmas letter this year. Maybe I didn't have time to write, maybe I didn't feel like there was much to write. Our letter would have probably consisted of this. Asher was born in July. 'nuf said. Spencer and I stay busy taking care of Asher, our home, and our jobs, and our marriage.
The past 2 weeks have been busy. They started with a surprise snow day from school. We got an extra day of break! now, the last day of break, and I don't know where that extra day went. We were busy with celebrating Christmas. We went to Kansas City to celebrate with Spencer's mom's family. We had our small group to our house for dinner. Christmas eve we saw both families. Christmas day we celebrated with my family. Saturday after Christmas was with Spencer's family. After the Christmas celebrating, Spencer worked for 2 days and then left for Jacksonville, FL to cheer for the Huskers at the Gator bowl. It may not sound like much, but it was a busy break! I got to hang out with Asher every day!
School (work) starts again tomorrow. How many months till summer break? :)
As you can see Asher is much more interested in the tree than in smiling for the picture. :) This is our Finley Family 2009.Asher is growing and changing so much! He'll be 6 months soon! He's laughing and experimenting with using his voice. It's even fun to see him mimick us at times!
This is Asher with all of the toys he had before Christmas. Asher and I were perfectly happy with the number of toys. They kept him entertained, and I could keep them all in a nice small basket in the corner.
This is Asher with all of the toys he recieved as Christmas gifts. Spencer I didn't buy him one toy for Christmas. Well, I take that back, I bought him a book. As you can see I didn't insist on only wooden toys. Some parents don't allow toys that light up and make noise. Should I be one of those parents? Maybe I should take a poll of my kids at school and find out if the smart kids were the ones that played with the wooden toys, and the struggling kids had light up and noise making toys. That's what the research says I'll find. I guess at this point, I'm chancing it. Maybe we can find a healthy balance. Maybe these are all of the toys we will ever need (and recieve). :) For now, Asher really enjoys them!
3 comments:
Gabriel has a fair share of toys that make noise and light up--and he loves anything that makes music--but more often than not he still chooses to push around his little truck or play with his bead maze (he LOVES that toy--I highly recommend having one) or flip through books. It really is about balance, I think, and maybe a little bit about trusting our kids to want to use their brains to learn and figure things out.
Oh please, wooden toys are boring! :) Who wants to play with a wooden toy when you can play with one that lights up and makes music!? Elijah dances and sings along with his toys. It's hysterical. Although Asher looks a little overwhelmed at the sheer volume of new toys he received...:)
This is so hilarious. I love the before and after toy picture. I've never even thought about the wooden toy vs. other toys thing. I think he's bound to be a smart kid regardless! And by the way, you look so cute in that picture by the tree!! Sounds like a fun and busy break.
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