January Happenings - The Series, I Guess

I knew I hadn't done a blog post in awhile. Although I didn't feel I had much to report, I still figured I was due to post something, lest I let "The Ts" wither and die. So I sat down to post. And I decided to call it "January Happenings." Huh. This struck me as strangely familiar. After a quick search of my past posts, I found this.

And thus, a tradition is born!

Let's see, what have we been up to. Weird random stuff mostly.

"Growing" crystal trees,
starting compost piles in the living room,
getting outside when it's not too cold or wet,

organizing (and reorganizing) bowling for 80 or so Presbyterians (again),

sewing summery bags,
and in a strange flurry of domesticity and green-ness, cutting up all the old Gerber burp/diaper cloths and sewing them into "unpaper" towels to try to go "paperless kitchen." Is that gross? Just weird? Anyway, looks like I should have saved some domestic energy to clean that window....
And that's just the photo documented happenings. You can imagine the thrill and and intrigue of the happenings that didn't get photographed.

And on an even more random note, does anyone else have (or had) a 3 year old that does stuff like this (for looonnnggg stretches of time)?


(I'd lost my voice for 4 days, which is why I was whispering. I'm back now.)

Christmas 2010

Daphne Turns 5 (!!!)

We now have a 5-year-old. Who likes mermaids. She really is quite the shape-shifter these days.

Here is her mercake...
Her merfriends listening to a merstory...
And coloring tails...
For pin-the-tail-on-the-mermaid (The merbirthday girl's creation).
But not before the merblindfold...
Merpa and Merbro
Merparty!
Happy Birthday Daphne! We love you, both with or without your tail!

Thanksgivingish

Welp, looks like my last post was Halloween. So here's Thanksgiving weekend. We're aiming for all major holidays here. Only the best, only the highlights - that's what we offer here at the Ts blog.

Eager Thanksgiving helpers...
Daphne bailed almost immediately. Something about rescuing a mermaid or setting up a bed for a fairy became more pressing. James, not all in one spot, buddy. Takes 'em awhile to get a handle on that.
Lovely Thanksgiving dinner (but methinks we need more kids at this kids' table)...
Hosted by Grammy and Grandpa...
And attended by Nana and Granddad...
So, I'm pretty much the luckiest lady around...
On to Advent...
This the first year we decided to restrain our anal, symmetry-loving adultness and leave the ornaments exactly where the kids put them.
Nothing like a little (patriotic?) tree decorating to get you in the spirit.
And of course the Portland Singing Christmas Tree...
Daphne got to bring a last minute friend, who's helping look for Grammy and Grandpa in the orchestra pit...
Here they are...
On the way out...
Not before one last photo-op...
Now we're ready...
To go to church and make Advent wreaths!

A fun start to the holidays! See you here at Christmas?