we are currently in chicagoland celebrating the holiday season with matt’s family. yesterday we enjoyed a belated christmas morning spread complete with eggnog and cardamom bread, followed by opening gifts. the guys then retired to the family room for an afternoon with the new Wii. this is our kids’ first christmas shared with a COUSIN...
miriam has been coming out with some very interesting descriptions lately in regard to food… after taking a sip of one of her daddy’s favorite — eggnog — she described the taste as being like “a really bad donut hole.” (never thought of describing it that way myself, but now that she mentions it…) today...
yesterday our neighbor helped miriam and levi build a huge snowman in the front yard. if you can’t tell from the photos, it’s probably about 7 feet tall. i keep having to do a double-take when i glance out the front windows because i think matt is standing out there. (not that he so much...
i was surprised this morning when i excitedly said to the kids, “i was thinking we could make blueberry pancakes for breakfast today!” and they did not respond with the same enthusiasm. as the morning progressed, however, i figured out why they may have been a little disappointed and/or confused. i hadn’t thought about the...
