We took the boys to see Santa on Saturday. MonkeyBoy decided that he wanted nothing to do with the Fat Man in Red, and ran and hid behind a tree. But the little guy was more than happy to audition as one of Santa’s reindeer. Santa was so enthralled with our little [...]
MonkeyBoy loves to dress up in costumes, so I’ve been purchasing a few this holiday season. So far we’ve collected a blue triceratops and Mickey Mouse. He also still fits into his green dinosaur and train conductor costumes from last year. Not to mention the costumes that I found at the dollar [...]
I didn’t realize how much MonkeyBoy and I used to do in the late mornings until my job ended. I still catch myself thinking “we can do X after work” only to remember that I’m no longer working and we won’t automatically be out and about downtown at 10 AM every day. [...]
I had to work yesterday so MonkeyMan suggested taking MonkeyBoy out on the river to keep the house quiet while I typed. I wasn’t too keen on them going without me, since I thought two adults might be better to keep MonkeyBoy from jumping overboard. So we went today as a family to [...]
I don’t want to hunt Easter eggs!
I wanted the green egg!
We’ve been having a lot of this lately. Everything is a tragedy. First he was afraid his friends might touch his soccer ball. Then he wasn’t sure he wanted to hunt Easter eggs. Then it was that he wanted a green [...]
The tree has been taken down and chopped up for recycling. As I packed away ornaments, I had to snap a few of this year’s additions to the tree. MonkeyBoy made these at preschool – aren’t they precious?
One of my friends did a Christmas craft countdown on her blog this month, showcasing her [...]
I had grand hopes of baking twelve different types of cookies this season, but so far it hasn’t happened. I have been cooking up a storm with main courses, side dishes, and various desserts (including red velvet “Happy Birthday, Jesus” cupcakes for Christmas day), so at least I haven’t slacked off in the cooking [...]
A bag of coal at Christmas time usually doesn’t indicate niceness. Oh, but wait, it’s charcoal.
Since we have both sides of the family in town for the holidays and a freezer full of ham and turkey from a grocery store sale in November, we decided to splurge and buy ourselves a Big Green Egg [...]
are not decked. But the living room is decorated for the season.
First we had to celebrate the season by ceremoniously hacking down a living tree. We went to one of my friend’s tree farms as we’ve done for the past few years. We’ve also started a odd tradition of seeing how long [...]
The boys are out shopping and I’m supposed to be cleaning the house, working on Christmas cards, baking, decorating the house and tree for the holiday, and finishing Christmas presents. My parents are arriving sometime today and MonkeyMan’s female relatives are arriving in a day or so, and the house is not in any [...]