Misc. December 2024

As is all other months that end in -y, the concluding month of 2024 was busy. Here's the rest of what happened.

At the end of Thanksgiving break before Mommy returned from Atlanta, Spencer was motivated to start trying to ride his bike without training wheels. They started by working on balancing without the side wheels that he's accustomed to. Big brother Ethan stayed right alongside him as quite the supportive cheerleader.


Misc. CohGil Time this month:

Speshover in the fort

Gabi had a winter orchestra concert:

Fifth grade had a "December Around the World" music program:


Ethan and Spencer each started their winter basketball season this month and participated in an unofficial scrimmage right before we started Winter Break.


Elementary School had a "Snow Day" this month:

Spencer with Liam and Forrest

Ethan with Liam

Someone from the neighborhood was giving away this doorway pull-up bar. It might or might not be a good idea.

Speaking of questionable ideas, we got another cat (introduced in an earlier post)! We're back up to 4 cats and 5 four-leggeds. Things were much calmer throughout the month as time went on and everyone adjusted to Squirrel's presence.

Find all four felines.

How many 4-leggeds can be entertained by one laser toy?

Team Cohen bonding moments caught on camera this month:

not happy about how close in height she is

date to see "Wicked" in the theater!

When it's Saturday morning, Daddy is recovering from an overnight shift, and Sesame Street on a tiny screen successfully entertains the three "big kids."

Nana and Zayde returned to Texas!

Sweet Spenceman got the strep plague this month.

Another kid bites the dust:

In conclusion:

Winter Break in Driftwood

We were excited that Nana and Zayde were able to return to Texas over Winter Break and that we could return to our favorite house in the Hill Country for a few days. Ethan and Spencer were excited to get straight to work on the Chaunkah projects received the night before, and Reggie was excited to get back to Nana's bed.

Chanukah Night 2:


Kiddos were eager to immediately read the books Nana chose for them as Chanukah presents.


The next morning, we headed to Charro Ranch Park.


Back at the house, Spencer played as many rounds of Boggle with Zayde as absolutely possible.

Was it the end of December and "winter"? Yes. Was it ridiculously warm and in the 70s? Yes. Had we packed bathing suits? Nope. Was the pool water cold? Likely. Did the kids care? Nope.



Chanukah Night 3:

Ethan worked really hard to make beautiful picture collages for each member of Team Cohen. Daddy had a sweet emotional reaction to receiving his gift.

Another successful round of gifts from Nana and Zayde:


Scenes from around the house:


Family bonding moments:


It was the third day of Chanukah and time for one of our favorite annual Team Cohen Chanukah traditions: (apple latkes and) homemade donuts.


Ready for Chanukah Night 4!

We enjoyed multiple beautiful night walks with Nana, an amazingly clear sky, and ZERO light pollution.

On our last afternoon in Driftwood, we went on a family field trip to visit the neighborhood longhorns. We brought yummy treats to feed these gentle 1,000+ pound giants.








Who knew we would also engage on a mission to save a turtle that afternoon?



After days of intense focus and starting over THREE (!!!) times, Spencer completed his rather challenging Albert mini-brick project.


And before heading home to Austin, we lit candles for the 6th night of Chanukah and our final night with Nana and Zayde.