Dear Teresa,

please always and forever stay this cute and precious!

December

We have a long built-in cabinet along the far wall of our kitchen which I thought would look nice with nothing on it. Well that just doesn't work - it is now LEGO central. It has actually been named "Lego Station." So much for minimalism around here. :)

Buckets make great hats, don't they?




Oh and the LEGOs spill over to the kitchen table most days as well. I think Sean took this picture.

We have almost 2,000 square feet in our home, but usually everyone is within a 2-foot radius of each other. And wearing a turkey hat or a lei.

It's December but the weather has felt more like March! We've had lots of rain and no snow.

Nativity / elf / comics

The Presbyterian church/preschool had a live nativity scene the weekend before Christmas, so we went to check it out. Sean was excited to see the angel on top of the stable (and afterward had to go see how she got up that high) as well as the animals.

It was pretty chilly that night.




Here is Sean telling Schroeder, our Elf on the Shelf, what he wants for Christmas.

And Sean has recently become interested in the Sunday comics. He asks one of us to read them to him, and after each one he sometimes laughs but usually says, "That doesn't make any sense!"

Last minute touches

Note the ornaments start at 30" and up. Merry Christmas!

The Advent season begins!

The Friday before Thanksgiving, we headed to downtown Hamilton for the tree-lighting ceremony. We had heard that Santa would make a grand entrance, and that proved to be true. Santa appeared on top of one of the buildings downtown, then rappelled down the side of the building. Later he was seen cruising around the streets in a convertible.

We watched this for a moment or two, then Sean wanted to go see the train display at the city building. So, we actually missed the tree lighting, but that's ok.

We walked past Mehas Music, where Sean takes drum lessons once a week.




On our way back to the courthouse we hopped on the horse-drawn wagon for a ride around the block.