Luminaries

Our neighborhood has the wonderful tradition of setting out luminaries for the community to enjoy. We had a great time tonight walking around our neighborhood admiring the lights. We love Baton Rouge.

Father and son outing

Tonight, Reuben and I had our father and son outing.  We went to Baskin Robbins and brought some games to play while we ate our ice cream.  Here you can see Reuben intensely concentrating on the game and not thinking at all about his egg nog ice cream in a chocolate cone.

In other words, we had a great time and are already discussing ideas for our next excursion.

Mommy-daughter date

Daniel and I have been feeling the need to spend more one-on-one time with our kids and have decided to start a monthly "date night." We marked it on the calendar. 

Mom and Lucy were first. Thursday evening, after the rush of homework, Reuben's basketball practice and cub-scouts, Lucy and I relaxed. We sang Christmas carols and talked over a plate of beignets while sipping hot chocolate. I think we can say with surety that "date night" is a tradition we're going to keep!

Dad and Reuben will have their first outing next week. Needless to say, both of them are very excited.