It’s probably our last vacation for a while, not because it wasn’t fun, but because it was a decadent splurge. We went to Puerto Vallarta over Christmas for a too-short trip consisting of five days and four nights. We convinced both grandmas to come along and Dinah and Manuel. We had fairly limited options for [...]
Archive for December, 2011
¡Todos nosotros viajamos a México!
Posted in Travel, Video included, Visitors on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Christmas card pictures that didn’t make it
Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I think this might qualify as a yearly tradition now. Here is a selection of pictures that didn’t make the cut. Some are obviously ridiculous, some are cute but we just liked the other one better for the card. Whatever the case, it’s nice to have this venue to display the pictures we did not [...]
Merry Christmas, Everyone!
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Catching up before we go-go
Posted in Video included on December 20, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Last weekend we had a second Christmas, this time with our friends Chris and Luc. I realize most of you have not even had one Christmas yet, and we’ve already had two. We are very lucky. We went to the holiday sing-along at preschool and Claire and Ronin sang all of the songs. It was [...]
Soren is 19 months
Posted in Milestones on December 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Soren seems to have said his first sentence now. He’s saying two-word combinations much more frequently (“Mama, milk!” being the most frequent), and an occasional three-word combination slips in and makes an actual sentence. He has said, “Cuddle me, Mommy” and “What is that?” recently. He loves to point at pictures in books and ask [...]
Early Christmas with Grandpa Bruce
Posted in Regional parks, Video included, Visitors on December 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
My dad came out for a visit this weekend, and just a few days before he came it occurred to all of us that since most of the family was going to be here now, and since we won’t be here on Christmas, why not celebrate now? It was a whirlwind of shopping and preparations [...]
Tony and Pony
Posted in Uncategorized on December 4, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I was reading Make Way for Ducklings tonight, and Mrs. Mallard named her 8 ducklings all rhyming names, like Jack and Quack. I asked Claire and Ronin if they wished they had been named rhyming names, or if they were happy with the names we had given them. I teased, “Would you have preferred Ronin [...]
Omie visit and Tilden’s Little Farm
Posted in Visitors on December 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Omie’s visit coincided with me getting sick AGAIN (!) so I only really went out with them one day and the rest of the time I spent at home with Soren. I swear I’m taking my vitamins. What I’m not doing is getting my rest, thanks to Soren being sick a lot and never recovering [...]
