“One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly.” —Andy Rooney
Monthly Archives: January 2012
Christmas Eve 2011
January 15, 2012 – 11:35 pm
Paw Paw and Sophie James and me Grandma and Owen reading Christmas stories wrestling with Daddy homemade buckeyes James giving Tucker a Christmas hug the Christmas garland Sophie and I made reading “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” After we put the boys to bed, Lizz, Grandma and Sophie worked on making the icing for the [...]
A Visiting Santa First
January 15, 2012 – 11:15 pm
We tried to visit Santa earlier in December, but the wait was too long. So we left.We didn’t get back to Santa until December 23—when the wait was three hours. Thankfully we were able to give Santa’s elves our cell phone number. So we spent three hours lunching at Dewey’s, visiting Joseph-Beth Booksellers and shopping at [...]
A Christmas Dress
January 14, 2012 – 11:18 pm
Sophie, all dolled up for her preschool holiday party. “When in doubt, wear red.” —Bill Blass
A Lesson Among Trains
January 14, 2012 – 11:14 pm
Last month we went with Angel, Zoey and Mya to Cincinnati Museum Center‘s Holiday Trains Exhibit. Owen kept saying “choo choo” and “wow.” The exhibit included a small train children could ride, sans adults. While waiting in line I kept debating if I should let Owen and James ride it with Zoey and Sophie. I [...]
Sleeping Brothers
January 14, 2012 – 10:32 pm
“All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own.” —Plutarch
One Year
January 14, 2012 – 10:25 pm
Watching “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” last year. Watching “The Grinch” this year. “The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.” —Rabindranath Tagore
Oh, Christmas Tree
January 11, 2012 – 11:26 pm
This year we bundled up the kids and drove a few miles south to Hilltop Pines in Camp Springs, KY to cut our Christmas tree. Much like Neltner’s Farm & Greenhouses (a neighbor to Hilltop), this tree farm was super low-key—no Santas, no hot cocoa, no barn full of merchandise—just a saw, some dogs roaming about, [...]
Happy Birthday, Kyle
January 11, 2012 – 10:38 pm
We celebrated Kyle’s birthday when he was in town for Thanksgiving (someday, hopefully before February, I will be caught up with this blog—I have yet to bombard you with Christmas pictures). We watched the OSU vs. Michigan game, and had lunch and (vegan) chocolate cake and pudding. The cake sort of crumbled but was really [...]
Rashmi + Sophie
January 10, 2012 – 11:12 pm
While the adults ate muffins and fruit, and sipped mimosas, the children re-friended each other, remembered each other, played with each other. I love far-away places because I love travel. I just wish those I loved didn’t live so far away. “Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are [...]
