Santa Lucia 2012

 

I used this recipe for the buns and they turned out perfectly.
Thanks Annri for the pictures!

Christmas Window

The boys and I made this little winter village for our big front window.

Joe and I cut ours free-hand and the little boys drew their houses and I cut them out.

I also spent an evening making this advent calendar to hang in the window.  It's filled with little treats and trinkets.  I stole both of these ideas from Pinterest:  the houses and the advent calendar

Christmas is coming!  YAY!

It's a Slideshow of James!

James Turns One

A honey cake for our Honeycake...

The bees were made out of beeswax by Joe.
Recipe here (comes recommended, it was delish.)

James is 364/365ths

U of Michigan Marching Band Practice

  

Mend

There's been a lot of mending lately... 

With breaks for nursing of course...

I like the lesson in mending, and there's plenty of opportunity because the pile of pants needing patches is never ending around here.

A Blurry Halloween with Merlyn, an Iguana, an Owl and Yoda

Alllmon, Have a Happy Snack Time

Witches Dance

For Their Future

So that they can know peace

 

So that they can marry whomever they love

So that their daughters and wives have a right to choose

 So that education isn't something reserved for the wealthy

So their environment is protected, so that immigrants are welcomed, so that gun ownership is devalued and health care is a right

 

Yes I Took Pictures of The First Day of School. What Do You Think I Am, Some Sort Of Non-First-Day-Of-School-Picture-Taker?

Joe's first day of Second Grade...

 

 And Matthew's first day of Kindergarten...