2010 was a great year, full of new adventures. We are excited to see what 2011 will bring. Now that we are in a tornado prone state, we might be reporting some crazy storms.
Our Christmas was filled with family and fun. We missed seeing our extended family, but loved having Porter for a long visit. I got organized and got my Christmas shopping done early, although I neglected to mail the Christmas presents as early as I purchased them. I discovered the joy of online shopping for the holidays, and did most of the shopping that way--getting some amazing deals and free shipping for almost everything. I also got crafty and made an advent calendar for the kids. The kids really enjoyed the anticipation of opening a box each day. Although I had fun doing it, thinking of 24 "special somethings" was the biggest challenge of Christmas. I don't think the kids minded when I sometimes took the easy route and just stuck in a hershey's kiss for each child.
(These are origami boxes made with scrapbook paper and attached to the refrigerator with magnets. It turns out that it takes a quite awhile to make 24 origami boxes.)
I started putting Maggie's hair in pigtails. It looked darling, and she started requesting it nearly every day. However, I decided to cut her hair again while we wait for the top to catch up with the back. As much as I love that her hair was getting longer, her hair was pretty uneven in front, and with the crazy, dry weather, she was constantly brushing her hair off of her face, it was just way too scraggly for my taste. I am including a picture to commemorate Maggie's first pigtails, but her hair is now neatly stacked up the back in a very cute angled bob.
Other exciting events in December include the lunar eclipse. Brian and I both saw it. He was at work, and I was at home, but we felt united by the beauty of the cosmos, well, not really, but when we talked about it the next day, we both thought it was amazing. I took a few pictures, but between my lack of ability, my lack of a tripod and a lack of a telescope lense, the pictures are not nearly as impressive as the real thing. The best part was when the moon was completely shadowed. I could still see it, but it looked much more three dimensional than it normally does and it seemed really close. Like a marble suspended in the sky. It almost looked fake, it was so different from the normal moon. Here are a couple of my extremely amateur photos. I wish I could have captured it better, but if you ever have an opportunity to see an eclipse this clearly, it's completely worth the loss of sleep (and the frozen body parts).
P.S. I actually do have a New Year resolution, but it's a secret.
2 comments:
I love Mags' pigtails - she's so cute! I sure do miss seeing you guys on a regular basis.
Doug and I watched the eclipse also. It was about 5 degrees outside and even bundled up we were human popcicles. Okay, how do you spell popcycle. I keep getting that obnoxious red underline. Anyway, your pictures are great. I was also amazed also by how 3-d the moon was and how textured. It was almost like you could reach out and pluck it out of the sky. It was amazing.
Maggie's hair is very cute. I'm just getting Daphne's hair into french braids. Her hair is so thick and she's growing more baby hair up front so we can't do pig-tails yet.
Anyway, sure love you.
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