Oh the weather outside is [not at all] frightful. This first real snow of the season is downright amazing — light and fluffy and brilliant. The boys and I scooped (shoveled?) our driveway in record time and then made snow angels to celebrate. DPP pics from past years: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
When this precious (smiling!) little one’s mama sent a message saying she had gotten a creative urge and invited us over to make simple Christmas ornaments, I was all over it. My boys and I headed over this morning and spent a delightful — and slightly chaotic — couple of hours scratching the creative itch […]
Reading to Clara before school. Barefoot on the coldest day of the year. DPP photos from past years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
I love days when one thing leads to another, when time together is longer because you choose to just keep doing the next thing. Today was like that: carpooling led to hanging out led to dinner led to movie night at the elementary school led to my firstborn throwing a fit for the ages led […]
A warm car and a twenty-or-so-minute wait for big brother to get out of school make it pretty likely that a three-year-old will succumb to a little nap. This sweet child has made me work for it today. His questions have ranged from big, huge, important wonderings — Will I be God someday? Did God […]
This child has been short on sleep for the last several days — abbreviated naps, late nights, and early mornings. Most of the time she keeps her sweet disposition, so I won’t worry about it too much. Today she procrastinated her nap by reading one of my favorites to her favorite furry friend, Mr. Bear. […]
Who needs action figures when you have a nativity set? The boys played with the statues for quite a while this afternoon, and I lost track of all their antics. I do know they started by playing Earthquake (lined the figures up and knocked them down like dominoes), and I’m pretty sure I heard “Baby […]
This morning the boys decided they wanted to dress Clara. With a lot of teamwork and supervision (but no actual hands-on help), they got their very patient sister dressed. As Jason would say, #parentingachievementunlocked. DPP pics from past years: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
This Christmas Eve saw the return of a few family traditions: new, matching jammies for all the kids, catching up on the Jesse Tree, and hot chocolate stirred with a candy cane. And we tried a few new things (all of which I think will be keepers): tempura for dinner, driving around to look at […]
I take photos of my three kids almost every day and of other people (and places and things) when I get a chance. I love to travel. I quilt and read and organize with great passion and in bursts of creativity and motivation with long (sometimes years-long) breaks in between kicks. I like cooking better than baking. Read More...
