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Merry Christmas!!

Sending wishes of a very Merry Christmas to all of our family & friends!!

Making of the Christmas Photo

I decided that it was a one shot deal with getting the Christmas card photo of the kids this year. So I armed myself with candy corn & somehow got the kids dressed and outside on a beautiful day....though didn't get to actually comb Fiona's hair, we did get a headband on.....every accomplishment counts! The kids actually did pretty well (candy helped greatly)....but here are a few from the "shoot"....

 

starting to lose them....

And as Fiona would put it......we were DONE......

Holiday Sweets

Due to my limited culinary skills or patience, or for that matter time ;).....I try to keep holiday sweets pretty simple. Chocolate covered pretzels are a hit and half fat-free right?

The kids wanted a chance to decorate a tray of their own pretzels. Anticipating the whole bottle of sprinkles being dumped out I thought to just pour some of the toppings in the little covers from the bottles.....fairly foolproof....? 

Not so much...
....while stirring the melting chocolate on the stovetop I looked away from the kids for 30 seconds. When I looked back they had each decided to "drink" their respective toppings out of the caps.

sugar haze

she keeps this up and her teeth will look like that!

Ugh....and I wonder why they have an unusual amount of energy these days.....'tis the season!

Just Silly

Kids showing off their pipe cleaner glasses....

Space Museum

We recently had a chance to visit the Space Museum in Concord....some of the exhibits were geared towards older kids (lots of DO NOT TOUCH....not so good) but there was enough to keep the kids (and Dad) busy for a while....

Asparagus....yum

Lurking Behind the Door

Living in an older house means we have all sorts of "charm" including a space underneath the bedroom doors. It really isn't an inconvenience and the kids defineatly think it is very practical for handing off necessities to whomever is having a time out in their room. Recenly Fiona wasn't into going to sleep and kept herself busy emptying the books from thier bedroom......this is how I found the hallway.....

And this is what I found Lurking Behind the Door......

It actually is rather frightening when the kids have been going non-stop for 14 hours.....need a good lullaby or a mom-timeout sometimes;) At least my little creature is too cute and sweet for me to hold a grudge for too long...