At the Market.

There was lots of nice weather here for the holidays. We were outside a lot and made it down to the Seattle Art Museum with our new membership. Stopped by the Pike Place Market for a Christmas bouquet.

Scenes from Christmas Eve.

Ruby and Silas dressed up and their friends came over to jump in the crib!

Fun with Mumu.

Lots of nice weather over Christmas. Fun with Auntie and cruisin' with Silas on his new bike.

For Papa

We visited a sweet camel.

Spotted Close By...

Blitzen (or maybe, Donner?)

We put the tree up and managed not to break any ornaments (so far).

A Milestone.

That's Silas on the bottom right. He is a moose. He gave a report about his "beast" and sang some songs along with his classmates. Ruby clapped and cheered for her brother. Then we had cookies and juice. The End.

Recovery.

Thanksgiving was spent with friends and pomegranate martinis. The kids tore the house down (luckily not ours), and everyones needs seemed to get met. Back to the routine this week and J is in Detroit. Yuck. My helpers today:

Unhappy to be running errands:

A good, but not FANTASTIC macadamia/chocolate tart: