Just to brighten your day . . .

We're feeling very Christmasy around here

We have been up to our usual tricks at this time: listening to Christmas music non-stop, putting up twinkle lights all over, pulling out well-loved decorations, checking our lists twice, making sure we are good boys and girls.



Making sure each nook and cranny feels like Christmas.



Treasuring Christmas stories- some that are very very old and some that are very new.



Discovering new play toys and setting them up whenever possible.



Sitting near the tree at night and reading into the wee hours by its small and steady light.

(and needing a gate so the 15-month-old can't pull the ornaments down)



And always trying to remember why we celebrate this season.

Did you have a Happy Halloween?

'cause we did!




We attended our neighborhood street festival and had a blast. Tyson loved all the different activities and Jack was a good sport in the stroller. Tyson told me his favorite thing was the blow-up slide.






Tyson choose to be Darth Vader ages ago and I scored big time on an Ewok costume for Jack on eBay.

I didn't decide to do my hair until an hour before we went out. But it was easy (for the most part) to do and when Tyson saw me he said "hello Princess Leia", in a very mysterious, Darth Vaderish way. I am not big into Halloween, but thought it would be fun to do my hair. It is all my hair by the way.



My aunt Joie took Tyson trick-or-treating a little bit more, since we were all Halloweened out. We watched Young Frankenstein, answered the door four times for other children, and gorged on candy.

Now on to the next holidays!