I am not remotely done with the Christmas songs. Whilst in the car the other day, Nora and I heard the cheerful lyrics of We Wish You A Merry Christmas. This is one of those songs that, for me, is so completely ingrained in my mind and memory of Christmas that I have fully stopped noticing the words. Until the car ride. Can you imagine if actual carolers came to your door one night? (This sort of merriment may occur in {Read More}
The menagerie’s full.
December 9, 2010 By 3 Comments
Many of you are hyper aware of my love affair with Earnest Music. (I initially typed ‘Ernest.’ That would be amazing. And most likely earnest as well. ‘Camp’ and ‘jail’ will do that to you.) My earnestitude hits a whole new high around Christmastime. Holiday songs = country music + rhyming poetry on the scale of I Mean This Message Quite Deeply. But I dig ’em anyhow. A lot. Our radio has been tuned to the Christmas station since two {Read More}
December 6th…that day sounds familiar…
December 6, 2010 By 4 Comments
Happy Feast of Saint Nicholas! Just what I asked for! Here is how we celebrated this morning: -One of us filled a miniature boot and two normal-sized boots with candy, advent calendars and a rubber reindeer duck.-One of us peed through one of our jammies/bedding/lovies/sleepsack.-One of us spilled coffee on ourselves whilst trying to eat a Snickers bar shaped like a Nutcracker. I’ll leave it as anonymously as that. Okay, so now it’s fully and terrifically the Christmas season. We’ve got {Read More}
Eight weeks! Also, Christmas Eve! Also, naptime.
December 24, 2009 By 1 Comment
Being home is fun. Take, for instance, the bonding, the “face time” that you get when sitting next to your big sister, also updating her blog. On warring laptops. It’s this kind of togetherness that warms the cockles of my heart. So does her blog. [ www.grant-wishes.com ] Also, what’s a cockle? Is it like a ventricle? Do those need warming? Discuss. So. New England. The holidays. The holiday TRAVEL. The holiday travel over-packing. Why does Nora need her own {Read More}
Nighttime isn’t for sleeping! It’s for rockin’ the party.
December 10, 2009 By 4 Comments
I fear I’ve become…bland. Don’t get me wrong, I totally and fully dig my current life, but I worry that my “adventures” have become a little PG to those of my pals sans kiddos. I will strive to be racier. Let’s try it out. This past weekend…we bought our Christmas tree. (Sigh. Oh well.) We quite possibly spent waaay too long debating the merits of Balsam vs. Frasier Fir. Couldn’t tell you what they are NOW, but at the time {Read More}
