santa claws

:: "i'm just really afraid of santa claus because i really do believe that he has claws." -joey 2011

handless mice

:: lulu just chucked her lollipop down the basement stairs...and i said "lu, go pick that up and throw it away, because a mouse will get it!" (we have a new no-food rule in the basement because the mice are coming in from the cold and want our food) and she looks at me like i'm the dumbest person in the world and says "mom, a mouse don't have hands!" ::

happiness is...

...letting the kids drink welch's sparkling grape juice directly from the bottle. why not? life is short. drink from the bottle.

find love everywhere

christmas tree farm edition, 2011 (miracle tree farms/milford, NH)

creating

there's been lots of creating going on in this neck of the woods----holiday creating, keep-the-kids-busy creating, creating with friends, creating time to connect with the ones that i love. all the things that add fuel to my fire. here are some snapshots of a few of those moments...

creating a beautiful memory with nana...

creating with the RAW night girls in newburyport...

creating food using new recipes to feed my family (and finding a little red pepper bum in the process...)

creating a vintage necktie wreath to hang (using this tutorial from a beautiful mess...and an extra big thank you to my friend quee who hunted down a big bag of vintage ties for me!)


are you cooking up anything special where you are? i'd love to know about it. xx

grateful for a milllion jillion things but here are ten

:: uncle tingy as mr. t...

:: a little pippi longstocking...

:: a sleepy little dragon...

:: swinging with daddy at the park...

:: our fireplace...
:: sitting on my front steps...
:: wine and cheese nights!...

:: firewood at the ready, and our red back door...

:: the beautiful patterns in our stacked wood...

:: family puzzles galore with all our power outages lately!. ..

enjoying our home, each other, good food, our friends and family. we are so blessed to live the life we live. xx