Tag: Holidays

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”

Thoroughly enjoyed the boys’ winter concert last night… they were all dressed up together on stage, singing their little hearts out, and Emil and Oliver got to bring home the Santa hats they wore during “Here Comes Santa Claus.” Emil decided, obviously, that this hat was going to bed with him. And are you ready? … Continue reading “Happy Friday!”

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”

Here we go, into the last weekend before the boys’ holiday break starts. I am excited to see friends we haven’t seen in a while and spend some time outside! If you still have holiday shopping left, check out this review of 5 children’s books over at The Washington Post that went up yesterday. It was … Continue reading “Happy Friday!”