Monday Music

Snow!!!

The past few weeks, we've been teased with snow showers here & there. Just enough to cover the ground & freezing temps, but this morning we awoke to LOTS of the white stuff. The excitement of the first snow never seems to die. The kids are loving it! & the furry kids too:)

Here are some pictures from this morning.
Maddie being the ornery sister that she is:)
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The forced shot:) Hurry up mom!!

Decorating

With our little Lou...aka mr. michievious running around, we opted to keep the big tree in the box this year. Instead, we have Jack & Maddie's sweet lil trees to admire, plus lots of crazy lights.

Bloggin & Popcorn

One really cool mom, author & blogger that I love reading is Catherine Newman. She wrote, "Waiting for Birdy..." which I still think of & grin at how much fun that was to read & how I found her writing, when I too was waiting. I remember feeling like she wrote so eloquently what I felt as a new mom.. I think it was an article she wrote when Jack was a baby, babycenter emails maybe, I can't remember, but I'm so glad I found her writing. She's definately one of those moms I admire virtually. She even has her own recipe spot over at http://family.go.com/blog/catherinewman/maple-rosemary-popcorn-1008185/
Her blog is even better www.benandbirdy.blogspot.com.

I've been trying to think of some homemade gift giving ideas.. & this recipe Catherine posted for "maple rosemary popcorn" sounds delicious! I'm also hoping I can pull off the pretzel bark..yum. It' s funny how the world of blogging opens up so many avenues to finding people you enjoy..people you wished you actually lived near, maybe even on the same street, you could just walk over & see their lives up close without peeking into their windows. Some bloggers I wonder if I will outgrow or read until we are old & gray..drifting in & out of our lives without our kids to document, but maybe grandkids to blog about by then. But blogging will be so old-fashioned, something filed alongside mixed cassette tapes. Will the cycle of technology & recording all our thoughts so publicly spiral into everyone disconnecting their computers & actually writing in their old scratchy diary hidden beneath their mattress. Hmmmm, I dont know, but I'll still have this yummy popcorn recipe to whip up. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Monday Music

Wed ramble..

we walk side by side
you gracefully let your guard down
we kick the snow
our hearts racing as we go

Happy December~

December is here! Snow is falling & we get to start our daily December countdown cards.

Today the card chosen is "write a letter to your grandma." We all came up with different ideas for each day counting up till the 25th! Jack typed them out & Maddie decorated with festive stickers..