Jet-Packed Holidays

My, how time flies. Winter hit us with full force around October 9th and since then the leisure of Indian summer vanished and was replaced by the mad hustle of the winter holidays. I managed to get the kids outfitted for Halloween--Will someone please remind me to buy costumes next year instead of killing myself doing the “homemade” thing-- and while catching my breath James had a birthday, Thanksgiving came and went and now Christmas is well on its way.Daphne's preschool trip to the orchard, only the first week of October coincided with the first snowfall and temperatures below 20 degrees.


So here are a few pictures of Halloween, James birthday, and Thanksgiving. Hopefully at Easter time I won’t be finally posting Christmas pictures….

Or BABY pictures.

Okay, quick pregnancy update in case that grotesque baby counter isn’t enough. I’m almost 28 weeks. Thanks to the jet-packed holidays, the pregnancy drag seems to be moving along a bit faster than normal. We did not find out the sex of the baby. While I wavered at the ultrasound wanting to find out, Doug held fast and was actually insistent we not find out. Insistence is a rare thing for Doug. Consequently he won a devious victory on two major fronts. First, we don’t play the name game because coming up with names for two genders is much too difficult even for me. And second, dash it all, the motivation to shop for clothes and baby items without knowing the sex is just about nil. No shopping for this expectant mama. Oh, well, there’s always next time.

I’m totally kidding. Now for pictures.

Nathan was a clown, Daphne a princess, and James, a policeman. It was a very busy party week. Why I spend so much time on one of my least favorite events, I've no idea.

For a birthday surprise, Doug took James to his first football game. Go Griz!

The novelty lasted for about 10 minutes then James was asking when it would be over.


Amid rabid Griz fans, much to Doug's horror James asked if the Griz would win by scoring a basket. Have we neglected a vital part of James' education?


This is for the sake of showing my very pregnant tummy.

While the kids played the adults played a few vicious games, including Scrabble. We had a lovely Thanksgiving.


In case I don’t get to a post before Christmas, HAPPY CHRISTMAS, FRIENDS!