Christmas
And so it goes, that we also had a very nice Christmas Day - even if Declan was a bit overwhelmed with it all. Maybe it's good that we didn't get mail for 4 days, thus not receiving packages from my sister and Bryan's mom…
Christmas Eve
Since we weren't able to go to Estes Park, we had our normal Christmas dinner with Jeff and Danielle at our place. But we didn't miss Estes Park. It was absolutely lovely as usual. Lovely food, lovely gifts, but most of all... lovely friends.Declan, Jeff,…
A Teaching Moment
We haven't had a proper snowsuit for Declan throughout all this snow, so yesterday we went on a mission to get him one. As you can imagine, the pickings were slim, and we finally ended up finding one at a ski/snowboard clothing store. And it…
Snow x Height + Holiday = Mood
Remember how I said blizzards bring out the best in people? Apparently that good will lasts exactly 1 hour for every inch of snow you receive. In this case, 24 inches = 24 hours.Yes, I know traffic sucks, I know it's hard to drive because…
Caught in the Act
Last night at dinner, Declan overheard us mention the word "oxygen." So, of course, he asked what that meant. And we went on to explain it. And then he wanted to know more. So, we explained to him that when we breathe air, our body…
My Crazy Strawberry Science Project
Steve from my office just emailed the following picture to me of a box of strawberries from my desk. I SWEAR SWEAR SWEAR when I left the office on Tuesday night they were just slightly getting a little old. I would have certainly eaten them…
Blizzard 2006
Well, it wasn't quite as much as The Great Blizzard of 2003, I don't think... (you know, the one where Declan was 6 months old and we were able to stick him into the snow like a flag for photo ops) - but I'm sure…