12.31.10

and a bonus, since I’m feeling generous:

Happy New Year, everyone.  Thanks for peeking into our world in 2010.  The fun will continue tomorrow.

12.30.10

It warmed up a bit today, enough for Maria to only require her new spring jacket.  She sure has grown up over the past year.

12.29.10

Santa left this beautiful ornament in Henry’s stocking.

12.28.10

For Christmas, Henry received money for a new bike from all of his grandparents and from his parents.  He and Timon picked one out yesterday, and he’s been going non-stop… so fast, in fact, that this somewhat blurry picture is the best I could do.

12.27.10

Here’s another from last week’s trip to Sea World – this tree was HUGE and gorgeous all lit up at night.

12.26.10

Maryliz, this pie was the BEST lemon meringue pie ever created.  I can’t wait to make another one.

[used lemons from our neighbor’s tree]

12.25.10

Apparently, Santa listened the other day!

12.24.10

Before church tonight… a bit different from after church last year.

[same dress on Maria, though]

12.23.10

This [poorly exposed due to the use of flash] photo is one of my favorites from yesterday – Henry was in the middle of explaining his deep desire for toy lightsabers to Santa, who sagely nodded and said, “Oh yes, from Star Wars.  That sounds good.”

12.22.10

Palm tree and snow… magic that only Sea World provides.  Henry and I had THE BEST DAY today.
[Maria was a tad under the weather, so she and Timon stayed home.]

12.21.10

Here’s Maria and the other two Musketeers at church on Sunday night.  These three can get into some mischief, let me tell you.

12.20.10

 
There’s nothing like a last minute Christmas photo shoot with another adorable family!

12.19.20

Henry had a speaking part in the children’s Christmas program at church tonight – he was very good!

12.18.10

I’d love to take the time to figure out why I got lens flare from the tree lights, but I feel like donkey and, let’s face it, we’re all lucky I got a photo up at all today. 

[Feeling slightly flu-ish, just in time for all my Christmas music commitments and lots of time to spend with the family.  Naturally.]

12.17.10

This never gets old.

12.16.10

Piggyback rides are fun!

12.15.10

This is how we send Henry off to school these days.  What?!?  It’s been about 38° in the morning this week! 

12.14.10

My adorable and wonderful neighbors have the sweetest dog, Stella.   We love her.

12.13.10

Maria & Henry were watching one of those crazy Christmas light videos and decided to rock out with it.

12.12.10

This is one of my favorite ornaments.

12.11.10

It’s our biggest tree ever – well over 7 feet. 

12.10.10

Timon and Maria went for a bike ride this afternoon.  Timon noticed she was a little quiet back there in the seat.

12.09.10

And this, children, is why you put a UV filter on your very expensive camera lenses. 

[This $10 filter saved a $250 lens after it hit the floor last night.  PHEW!]

12.08.10

Henry’s school holiday concert was this evening.

12.07.10

Mom, you were right.

12.06.10

Any guesses what I’m working on here?

12.05.10

Henry enjoys hot cocoa for dessert, in a handmade mug given to us by my seriously talented auntie Jeanne.

12.04.10

Maria and her baby are settled in to watch Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer.

12.03.10

Maria had a fun playdate with a new boyfriend today.  He is an older man.

12.02.10

I need to submit this to The Blog Of Unnecessary Quotation Marks.

12.01.10

Wow, does she look like her auntie Katherine here, or what?

11.30.10

I had a migraine (yes, again) this afternoon and early evening, so I took a picture of the inside of my eyelids for you as I tried to sleep it off.

11.29.10

Guess who has brown eyes and had a green day at school today?  THIS KID.

11.28.10

So Maria likes the comics, too – but she likes them upside-down.

11.27.10

Most of the photos I took of Barb’s family last week have their adorable faces in them.  I really do love this one, though. 

[I hope none of my blog viewers is an expert in backside recognition.]

11.26.10

This was the reaction when Santa arrived on the scene at the end of the Macy’s parade yesterday. 

11.25.10

Here’s the crew at our table today.  It was a wonderful meal with spectacular people.

11.24.10

Auntie Amy is very popular around bedtime.

11.23.10

Apparently Henry was keeping track of the days of his consequences on the dining room window screen.

[not really, I’m pretty sure that he was just experimenting with a crayon.]

11.22.10

Hey Nana & Papa, thanks for the jacket and gloves!  We quickly took them off after taking this, as it the temperature shot up to over 80° and humid today.

11.21.10

This is the face of a boy eager to see his grandparents tomorrow.

11.20.10

My grandparents’ silverplate set from the 30s or 40s is all ready for Thanksgiving.

11.19.10

This is Maria’s typical Friday-at-home-with-Mommy lunch – olives, sliced turkey, sliced bell pepper, and provolone cheese.  She gobbled it all.

11.18.10

Any rotten day can be redeemed with a little Mike Mulligan and MaryAnne.

11.17.10

I took this last week, but I could not ignore it any longer.  My stars, is she beautiful.

11.16.10

Well, someone should know how to clean around here.

11.15.10

I have always wanted to be the kind of girl who could pull off red lipstick for every day.  But what say you?  Too much?

11.14.10

I hope it’s always like this.