Three kids in winter jackets and hats standing in front of a model train display.

1. Last weekend, we took a trip to a local model train museum that we always try to visit over the holidays, but hadn’t gotten there over break. They hand out a booklet with a scavenger hunt to look for different details throughout and the kids had so much fun trying to find everything.

2. We finished the puzzle that Joseph got me for Christmas! It was so pretty 😍

A mom and a boy standing together behind a completed jigsaw puzzle on a dining room table.

3. Isabelle has been begging to do jobs around the house, especially washing dishes. A couple of weeks ago, I taught her the basics, she grabbed a step stool and got right to it, and asks to do them every time she seems some in the sink. One night this week, Dominic came in while she was washing and asked to do some, then Joseph wanted to finish up the last one. There is an account I follow on Instagram (@_thefamilytable) and she often shares stories and reels about how to let kids help when they ask because that’s how we actually raise helpers and gosh, it struck me as so true, and me realize that I don’t always do a great job of allowing it at the time; I’m working on recognizing it and letting them in to help and try to do new things when they’re eager.

Little girl in a floral dress washing dishes at a kitchen sink.

4. Dominic made his First Reconciliation this week! He was so excited to “dress fancy” 😍

Little boy standing in front of a display in a church.

5. I have LOVED our January weather so far! It’s made me feel like a kid again… when it would snow a bit, but always be cold enough that it didn’t melt, then it would snow a little more, stay cold, snow a little more, etc. It’s been exactly like that the last couple of weeks; it’s beautiful to look out and see snow sitting on tree branches, I’m loving this season!

6. Joseph’s birthday is on Sunday, which means he gets to celebrate with his classmates today :) He requested my all-time favorite chewy chocolate chip cookies (Dominic asked to take the same ones to school on HIS birthday back in October – a favorite around here!).

7. Love these little nuggets >> How to Actually Create Meaningful Life Changes This Year

8. The national championship game is Monday night! Who are you rooting for? We’re all in on Notre Dame here!

9. What are you watching? We are caught up on Landman and finished White Lies!

10. TGIF! Judith has officially commandeered the mermaid blanket that Isabelle got for Christmas 🩷

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Golden retriever dog laying on the floor with her head on a pink blanket.