Tag: Holidays

… Because we just took our annual Christmas card picture, and man oh man is it a good one (at least I think so)! And no, I won’t be giving any hints. You’ll just have to wait… but here is last year’s card, and the year before that (I was newly pregnant with Emil in … Continue reading “Get Ready…”

A couple days ago, I decided to surprise Milo and Oliver with some simple holiday cheer. So… while they were at preschool, I set up a mini Christmas tree in their room. I did have a little helper, of course. They were so excited when they saw it, but even more excited that night when … Continue reading “Little Surprises”

After the cool calm and collected edition of Thanksgiving this year, Andrew’s mom, stepdad, and little brother and sister came to visit us in order to ramp us up again! It was a fun-filled weekend that got me in the holiday spirit fast! The weather was cold enough on Saturday night to have a fire, … Continue reading “After Thanksgiving…”

I hope you all had a great turkey day! We had such a nice relaxed day filled with reading The BFG out loud, cooking at a leisurely pace with all the windows open downstairs (it was 65 and beautiful outside!), raking leaves, and just spending good old-fashioned quality family time together. The perfect holiday after … Continue reading “Thanksgiving 2012”

Pecan pie… … and Pumpkin Pie (Andrew’s most recent nickname for Oliver) Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you have a lot to be thankful for today… I know I do! Missing all of our extended family on this special day, but we will be seeing you all soon, I hope!