Christmas Program

Photos with Santa are torture for my children, apparently. That candycane should be an American Gothic pitchfork.

This is what we saw on the way to the family cabin for Thanksgiving.

Gingerbread Men

'Tis almost the season. My daughter spotted some gingerbread men in my magazine and we had to make some. We turned on some Christmas music and got in the spirit. I haven't yet convinced them to share with the neighbors.

Jump Rope Club

Jump rope club is so much fun. She learned lots of fancy tricks. The first requirement is to jump 25 times in a row. We are up to 7 jumps. These pictures do not capture the giant smile she had on her face. Or the smile on my face when she fell asleep early after burning off so much energy. We love our jumper.

Bird Watching

We had a robin

build her nest in the shed this spring.
Swallows built their homes in the neighboring cliff. Now our sunflowers are feeding these birds. Can anyone identify what type of bird it is? Hana loves the red ones. I shot these through the window because they spook really easily.