Christmas 2016

Seems to be going off with the usual gusto. Enjoying the thuderstormy day indoors. Boys are having Nerf gun fights, playing Wizard's chess, baking new recipes out of a newly acquired cook book, and tossing the baseball. Oh, and eating sweets. A lot.

Dijo in a box. Sponsored by Amazon.com

Lucy the Hospice kitty

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Fat Phine

Wizard's Chess

Treasure Hunting with clues

Big gift is the surprise of a January trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Watching some videos about the place online. 

Kombucha

I've been buying kombucha from the Coop. It's not cheap. A gallon is nearly $20. It's good, and I feel better about the boys drinking that with breakfast than plain juice. So I got a SCOBY from a friend and decided to try it on my own. It certainly doesn't look good, and I'm nervous about the learning curve. But I do like new adventures, so here goes nothing....

War with the Legos

When The Container Store opened up down the street a few weeks ago, I had but one thing in mind: finally finding a system for sorting and organizing our Legos. I keep thinking the boys would play with them more if they could see all the options, and find the pieces they would need for their sets. So we started the sorting. Jack was a trooper.

The final product was beautiful to behold.

Now it remains to be seen if 1) they play with Legos more often, and 2) the system ever looks like this again. 

Christmas is a comin

Someone didn't eat his dinner, so couldn't eat his cut-out cookie