The holly and the ivy… And the boxwood!
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Gimme those cords!
Keeghan has grasped the meaning of the season. Or, anyway, he thinks he has.
Hello again!
Our Elf on the Shelf, Fergus, has arrived for another Christmas season. How long do you think it will take Ian to spot him in the morning?
What, you don’t know about the Christmas Crab?
Ian and I have been making bird seed ornaments…
Patriotic Mantle Update
I hate even calling this “decorating” for the 4th… all I did was go to the thrift store and drop about $10 on anything that appealed to me with the 4th of July theme and stick it on the mantle and change out the plants.
Notice how the blue pot on the plant that had gotten too big for its basket fits right in here.
Why the "Y"? Well, it was floating around and it fit the color scheme. What, that's not a good reason?
Still rockin' the bunnies out front... what's more traditional for July 4 than watermelon?
Bring on the 4th
Ian and I got started decorating for the 4th while Keeghan “worked out” in his bouncy seat. That baby sure loves to wave his arms and kick his feet!
We’ll be adding a few things and moving a few things around… but Ian really just loves the birdhouse and doesn’t care about anything else.
The Little Baker Strikes Again
Ian wanted to bake bread for Daddy and Raba again for Father’s Day this year and that’s just what we did. We picked this recipe. After all, it has the word “guaranteed” in the title, how wrong can it go, right? RIGHT?
He sure looks like he had fun, doesn’t he? Well, it’ll depress you, but this recipe took nearly 9 hours to proof, partly because we had to abandon ship and stick the dough in the fridge overnight. Eventually, we did produce this loaf:
38 Weeks: Happy Anniversary
Today we celebrate six beautiful years and the end of week 38. My thoughtful neighbor snapped this shot for us.
38 weeks
Oh, you want the rest of the weekly update? The doctor says: My BP and baby’s heart rate are still excellent. Sugars are still good on medication. I now weigh 201 lbs and we have no reason to think, false alarm notwithstanding, that I won’t now go to May 10 as originally planned. Oh, and she also said she has never seen a patient have contractions as long as I did without having a baby. I’m just extra lucky, I guess!
The Easter Bunny Came
…and when Ian got to the bottom of his Easter Bucket he said, “But, where’s all the candy?” We explained that the EB brought candy to church, which he’ll be able to collect in his bucket. He then asked if ALL his friends got buckets from the Easter Bunny, and if they were all their favorite colors. (Mister is a big fan of green. I’m told he played Candy Land yesterday and would only move if he drew a green card.)
FYI, the modern day paint with water is WAY cooler than the ones we had when we were kids, because you can pick what color to paint your picture. Notice that Mister went directly to “green.”
Why are these eggs filled with colors?
I dyed Easter eggs with Ian for the first time today. (Yeah, we’re a little early. No worries.)
