give me a rose in the wintertime

We are all recuperating from a nasty little stomach bug that hit us this weekend. But today I'm feeling thankful for my overall health, in that way that only the first day of recovery can give you. Along with that, in these short dark days of winter it's so nice to have a few splashes of color. So here is a primrose and a (slightly sickly) geranium from our windowsills.

Cheese on sunday

Unity's story

There was butterflies and flowers growing with the mom's children just growing up. There were very much children in the whole world and very much mamas. There was a christmas tree and lots of people got presents even the babies did. They were taking a walk and then there was a monster and the monster ate all of them up. They escaped and the other mom who didn't get eaten up cut a little hole and let them out and they hided in their house with no windows and no doors. They jumped on their roof and the whole house broke. Then they all disappeared.

ready to rock?

In case you had any doubts, Brixton has been reminding me a lot today that he's a toddler now. He ate a handfull of dirt from a houseplant (yum!) He unrolled the toilet paper (helpful!) He refused to take a nap and when I tried to help him to sleep, he held on to the side of the crib and jumped up and down. Yup, totally a rock star toddler.

Come to the party

We found ways to party with our new toys, party with the laundry basket and party with Meridian and Archer and their papa. Hey whatever gets you through January right?

more Christmas

more holiday loveliness, from my mom's camera.

some Christmas

Well since someone and his molar got me up at QUARTER TO FIVE this morning, here are some pictures of our Chicago Christmas.

hey chicago...

We can't wait to see you!

Baby Power!

Ain't no power like the power of the babies cause the power of the babies don't stop!

Going to the Nutcracker

made with love

Now that November and National Novel Writing Month is done (whew!) we can settle into crafting of another kind. I made my first successful from-scratch bread! We received a great package from Grandma Cindy and Grandpa Bill which included a fun "sewing" project that Unity loved doing and a special blanket that Grandma made for Unity. The kids had a tea party picnic on it, wearing their new Grandma-made hats. And we received many varieties of Avram's garlic and Unity helped Chris get it ready for planting. The garlic is from all over the world, even North Korea (!). It's a little late in the season to be planting but the ground is not frozen so we're hoping all's well.