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| Wearing a Christmas gift (12/27/2011) |
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Day 305: Christmas Day
We are very aware of the simple blessings around us this season. And grateful.
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| A piano from Claudia and Layton! (12/25/2011) |
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| We were so lucky that this was Megan's year with us for Christmas Day. (12/25/2011) |
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| End of a good, long day. (12/25/2011) |
Day 303
We let Natalie do this while we got the house and food ready for hosting my mom and her new-ish husband, my siblings, their spouses and our adorable nephews for a family Christmas get-together:
In my attempt to have Christmasy crafty things for the kids, I overlooked the fact that babies, beads and jingle bells, not to mention pipe cleaners, are a dangerous combination, which is how Natalie ended up with an assortment of small items in her mouth -- and how her nose wound up looking like this for Christmas:
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| 12/23/2011 |
In my attempt to have Christmasy crafty things for the kids, I overlooked the fact that babies, beads and jingle bells, not to mention pipe cleaners, are a dangerous combination, which is how Natalie ended up with an assortment of small items in her mouth -- and how her nose wound up looking like this for Christmas:
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| 12/25/2011 |
Day 302: Portrait Procrastinators
Every year for Christmas, Megan gives her grandmother a portrait of herself. This grandmother has made it clear that it's the only thing she wants. Teenagers, especially thirtween year olds like Megan, can be notoriously difficult to satisfy in terms of whether a photo is good enough.
We tried and failed at portraits in early December and did not try again until December 20. Luckily, we found the perfect place for portrait procrastinators: Picture People. They printed our portraits on matte paper while we waited. And we were lucky enough to have a photographer who did not try to contort my tall, lanky daughter into some weird pretzel pose -- or make her tilt her head and do something cheesy with her hands.
So, yay!
Here are a few from Picture People:
We tried and failed at portraits in early December and did not try again until December 20. Luckily, we found the perfect place for portrait procrastinators: Picture People. They printed our portraits on matte paper while we waited. And we were lucky enough to have a photographer who did not try to contort my tall, lanky daughter into some weird pretzel pose -- or make her tilt her head and do something cheesy with her hands.
So, yay!
Here are a few from Picture People:
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| 12/21/2011 |
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| 12/21/2011 |
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Someone's Cat
She used to be someone's cat. Most nights now, she (we usually call her Minnie) looks in through our back windows. Someone declawed her and spayed her and kept her for a while. She's a fine cat. She needs a home.
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| I used to be someone's cat. I know what it means to be inside like that. (12/16/2011) |
Day 283
Here's one huge thing that makes me really happy: Natalie adores Aaron. At first, she gave him more than his fair share of grief, strictly because he couldn't produce milk. But all that's in the past now. See here? See that look on her face? That's her daddy. She's holding on.
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| 12/2/2011 |
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