Category: Motherhood

Emil wearing what he calls his (k)nightmare suit! This Christmas was our best yet. It seems that the boys have reached the magical age, the age when they are equally excited and grateful when the day arrives, equally kind and generous, tired but happy. It was a rough Christmas Eve, with Oliver’s excitement impeding everyone’s … Continue reading “Christmas Time 2014 (Part 1)”

Murray Christmas As usual, we have made complete and utter fools of ourselves. At this point, I think people would be baffled if we sent out a normal family portrait. So, here it is, our tribute to one of our favorites: Bill Murray. And for clarification, from left: Peter Venkman (Ghostbusters); Walt Bishop (Moonrise Kingdom); Steve … Continue reading “2014 Holiday Card”

I was so inspired by Phishybee‘s post on homemade ornaments with her kids that I decided to do them with my crafty little boys this past weekend. It was a lot of work, but also fun, and with nothing but time since they’re home from school, we spread the activity out over a couple of … Continue reading “Homemade Ornaments”

This weekend was so slow and nice and easy. Andrew was out of town for a few days at the end of last week, so when he returned late Friday night all he wanted to do was relax and enjoy some down time — which was fine by me! Having the boys home for winter … Continue reading “(Holiday) Weekend Shenanigans”

Andrew surprised me with an early Christmas present —a new 35mm lens for our camera. I spent a good deal of time playing around with it, but I’m still experimenting a lot so the pictures may look different because of that! Obviously the resolution is better. Lately we were noticing how blurry the pictures were … Continue reading “Weekend Shenanigans”