the Schnoor family as elves.

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the co-dependency with the "blinky" is over!

Out of nowhere, Keagan handed me his binky during bedtime and said "done!". He then set the binky next to his milk, on the windowsill, and went to bed without it. He slept through the night without the need for one bink in the mouth and one in each hand. Behavior repeated at nap time the next day and it has now been four days with zero requests .

In an effort to support his desire to quit the bink, the binky disappeared and hasn't come back since.

Success. No need to deal with the binky any longer or attempt to torture him when we feel it is time for it to go away -- phew!

keagan is seriously cautious when it comes to the man in the big red suit.

another perk of our neighborhood -- the oak hills holiday party.

can't you picture them hitting the slopes?

how keagan really feels about the cold and snow.

kynton & keagan frolicking in the snow.

The first snow of the season was absolutely stunning. But cold! Our high for the entire week won't be more than 30 degrees, lows in the teens. Kynton was an old pro at frolicking in the snow; this was Keagan's very first experience. For both, it was love at first sight.