Tag: Holidays

Leucojum (summer snowflake)- some green lovely things for you today! We always called these flowers “snowdrops” when I was growing up, but I found out that these early spring bloomers are actually called summer snowflakes. Funny, since ours started blooming in early March this year. And last time I checked, March was not summer. We … Continue reading “Early Spring”

As I wrap up the holiday posts, I cannot forget to mention what a fantastic family Andrew has… I managed to take a bunch of pictures at my mom’s house, then just kind of put the camera down to breathe over the next two days. As a result, we have no evidence of the remainder … Continue reading “The Rest of Christmas…”

The big boys. The cousins. The cool kids. Yikes. At this rate, I will still be blogging about December in February. We’ll get through this. Stick with me. I promise things are actually happening. But life keeps getting in the way of these memories! Yeesh. So where were we? My mom’s house. Well, she hosted … Continue reading “December at Grandma’s (Pt. 2)”

Mustaches applied… Over the past four years, we have taken pride in our somewhat different take on the old annual family holiday card. But a few things are consistent: the entire family must be present (sometimes our family dog Proudie makes it, other times it proves too difficult), it usually includes some sort of pun, … Continue reading “2011 Holiday Card and Outtakes”

When it comes to matters of faith, we are clearly equal opportunity. That’s a menorah on Oliver’s shirt. Actually, on Milo’s last day of school before holiday break, he returned home with not one but two sparkly menorah stickers. He often returns from school having conned some poor helpless adult into giving him two of … Continue reading “Jewish”