December was a lively month filled with several playdates, a few parties, and the arrival of grandparents! We rounded out our year with the following highlights:
- Watched the children play in a mini ball pit. CCW was at an all-time happy :)
- NLW's first time at The Little Gym
- EDW took her first steps!
- Built a bunch of nugget couch forts
- Attended a "Favorite Things" party with friends
- Had drinks with our neighbors
- Opened presents with my parents on Christmas
- Watched The Wizard of Oz with NLW (his first movie!)
- Enjoyed multiple days playing in a snowy wonderland
- Ate homemade snow ice cream
- Organized my recipes before the New Year, a project I've been trying to tackle for a while
Watching | I relaunched my Netflix account in order to watch Arcane with Mr. Fleece. It's a recent hit made by Riot Games that follows characters from League of Legends, one of the computers games Mr. Fleece plays. Coming in blind with no context, I still really enjoyed it -- to the point of watching the final four episodes in a single night!
Eating | We recently discovered the children's book, What's Cooking at 10 Garden Street and decided to try some of the recipes illustrated in the book. It was a fun and engaging way to cook together in the kitchen, especially after NLW had familiarized himself with the characters and dishes. We made the Meatballs, Little Trees, Peanut Butter & Chocolate Chip Cookies, Green Rice, and the one we would add to our (now organized!) recipe collection -- Coconut Dahl.
Reading | After all the biography/memoirs this fall, I took a quick detour to self-help lane with The Lazy Genius Way. It was a perfectly fine read with lots of common sense, take-a-step-back practical advice. I liked how she framed things and my favorite takeaway was this perspective about self-care: Self-care is a practice of remembering what you care about and should be a regular practice of doing what makes you feel like yourself.
Listening | Per my sister's recommendation and birthday gift, I finished Code Name Verity which tells a fictional story of a female friendship in WWII. It was my first fiction audio book (maybe ever?) in a while and a good one to start out on -- the voice actors were great! I probably enjoyed the story more because of the listening experience, but undoubtedly missed some details along the way.
