The Many Adventures of Team Goulet

Here is the Christmas dilema when both parents in a family are pastors and need to be at church most of the Christmas weekend...when does our family do presents???  Answer - whenever we want :)  Daniel and I decided that we love traditions and we are enjoying creating new ones for our family.  One of the traditions that we are going to do with our family is to surprise our kids with the present part of Christmas.  We really want Christmas day to be about Jesus being born.  So we thought it would be fun as they get older to pick a day for us to open presents, then surprise the kids as to when it is. This year, we decided to have our family Christmas on Friday because its our usual family day anyway.  I also decided that it would work better for our schedule to set up and wrap some last minute presents during nap time.  So when the boys woke up from their naps we had a present party. Nathan's big gift was a kitchen with play food.  Nathan is reall...

Oops posting fail on my part, I wrote this and didn't post. Oh well. Elijah is 2 months old!!! Likes: Elijah loves having his diaper changed and getting dressed.  His new thing is floor time, not tummy time, just hanging out on the floor and kicking. Dislikes: The verdict is still out about the Baby Bjorn.  I tried to use it again last night, and he was pretty indifferent. Elijah also started not liking bottles as much this month, which is fine because he is with me most of the time.  Daniel put him to bed last night and he took a bottle, but he woke up and wanted to nurse. Sleep: Elijah is a pretty rockstar sleeper.  He takes 4 naps a day: morning (8-10), late morning (11-2ish), afternoon (3-5ish), and a quick evening (5:30-6:30ish).  Because we are in between a 3 and 4 hour schedule, his evening quick nap is kind of weird.  Elijah still puts himself to sleep, I just wait until I see him yawn or he gets fussy then just put him down.  His f...

We are learning to play hide and seek in our house. Can you spot Nathan in this picture? He's a tricky one. Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Nathan has developed some top phrases that he likes to repeat throughout the day. The number one phrase is, "what's that sound mom?" which he repeats about 49 times a day. He also likes to say, "Hey! Stop it!" to me when I do something he doesn't like. Lately Nathan also likes to show Elijah what he is doing. Nathan says, "I show you, baby brother." I am loving the talking phase. :) - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

Nathan was boycotting room time this week. He showed his displeasure by putting his toys into the hallway. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

I put Elijah under his play gym for the first time today. He lasted a whole 10 minutes. Then he pooped and fell asleep. I guess it was really exciting for him. - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone

I love kids in winter coats, hats, and mittens. I especially enjoy Nathan's little arms pointing away from his body in his puffy winter coat. Too cute. Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone