Family Photo

March

Ok, I look really bad in this photo, but it was a cute moment when we all had off and hung out in our jammies.

Snow!

We got a white Christmas after all! And the day after we got even more of the white stuff.








Not great snowball-packing weather but it sure was fun!

A First

Maddie's always been a scribbler. And a color blocker. You know, coloring in one whole piece of paper with one, maybe two markers. Then the other day, she suddenly decided to draw all the Strawberry Shortcake characters.




This is Strawberry Shortcake.

It seems Maddie has gone from Rothko to Munch in one very quick jump. I can't decide if I'm proud or freaked out.

But I have this on my fridge. Hope I don't get the urge for a late night snack.


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A Summer Family Photo

My hope was that we would take a family photo at least once a month this year. Sadly, we never seem to remember. But last night we had an amazing sunset, thanks to a stormy evening in Canada. See?







This one is from Rob's iPhone. What a difference in definition!

I snapped a few perfect moments between Maddie and Rob.









Maddie was pretty amazed by her first real sunset. We let her stay awake a little later so she could enjoy it.

While I photographed them, Rob snapped a weird family photo for the books:





Then we tried a family photo (or two, seeing as this family is full of comedians):





And we ended up with this perfect family shot:




Finally!


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Anatomy of a Perfect Father's Day

Coffee (Maddie picked Cote D'Afrique. Good pick, Mads!)



Throwing rocks.



Fresh picked strawberries.



Quality time with this guy.

And a picture of a picture...




That's Father's Day 1979, and one of my favorite photos.

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Merry Kissmas!

We had a Kisstastic day this weekend. Maddie and I made peanut butter kiss cookies:




I'm not above using child labor.




Maddie unwrapped all the kisses and helped me measure and stir the cookies.




This is when she said, "This is hard work!"

She also kissed all the cookies:



We also did a little Christmas decoration project. Seven years ago, Rob proposed to me under the mistletoe. I saved the mistletoe but never hang it up because I'm always afraid it will crumble and it's poisonous to cats (and probably little people, too!)

This year, my mom had this great idea:




So there it is perfectly preserved and contained, safe for all.




And it still works after all these years.


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