Rock Those Socks!

Denver has been boat loads of funny lately.  he's getting into music more than ever right now and has taken over our laptops to feed his obsession for "talking houses", building pumpkins, and train games.

i walked in on him the other day and he was jammin to the time warp. yep, thats my boy.

he's getting pretty good at the computer these days, and can maneuver his way around on it surprisingly well for a three year old. 

today was bums day at the library, but i forgot my camera.(sad face). hopefully i'll remember next tuesday!

i got some shots of nev's groovy socks and of her chillaxin in my wine glass. she's such a trickster!

Nev is head over heels (excuse the pun) for crazy, psychedelic, socks these days and i have to admit...

she rocks those socks!

Children's fantasy is useful and important to them for many reasons, but above all because it is theirs, the one part of their lives which is wholly under their control. We must resist the temptation to make it ours. We must also resist the equally great temptation to think that this part of children's lives is less important than the parts where they are doing something "serious"- reading, or writing, or doing schoolwork, or something that we want them to do."

~John Holt

All I Want for Christmas

....is just 6 more weeks of fall.  hmph.

looks like christmas is barging in on us no matter how much i fuss about it.

never-the-less, there's been a lot of decorating goings on around here, and wish lists, and talks about toys.

all just in time for the first snowfall which resulted in Denver buzzing around the house determined santa was on his way that very night. 

while me and Denver we're cleaning his train table yesterday, i noticed he took off the bridge. when i asked him why, he told me santa was bringing him a new covered bridge for christmas. 

at least someone besides me still believes in santa around here;)

its those stars in his eyes that make it all worth while.

we're jamming to christmas music over here and Denver's eye's are wide open to the christmas specials on tv.

ready or not, the countdown begins.. 

and oh! today brought news of a very special cousin who is expecting her first baby!!

AND my little teeny tiny niece, (who is not so little and teeny tiny anymore), got her drivers license!

advice for everyone..stay off the sidewalks!!

those are things that are better than any christmas presents...by far.

xoxo 

The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree:  the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.  ~Burton Hillis

A Side of Country

they say a picture is worth a thousand words..

and i say, an evening in the countryside is worth a thousand pictures.

p.s. dear sally, the countryside will never be the same without you.

you trampled me and stole my food every time we were alone.

 i will miss you like crazy my friend.

R.I.P

Birthday Bash

we celebrated london's birthday at the nursing home with grandma on sunday.

(for those who don't already know, mom took another tumble a few weeks ago at home, 

fracturing some bones, so she'll be residing in a nursing home to be nursed back to health).

the party was real swell.

we ice creamed and caked and spoiled that little princess completely rotten.

but too much partying took a toll on her after a while and the only left for her to give..

were tears:(

she decided she'd had more than enough ballyhoo for one day.

but we love that little fuss butt anyways.

besides, it's her birthday and she can cry if she wants to!

Like star dust glistening on fairies' wings
Little girls dreams are of magical things.
-- Sherry Larson