With these souvenirs of my trip around the sun

Clockwise from January with tonite's wish in the middle

Happy 2010 - may it be filled with blessings for you and yours!

Ho, ho, ho, it's magic, you know

:wub:
It came, just the same

Look at those faces!

Does it look like he can't believe Santa brought coal?!

Daddy's little helper

Sign of things to come? Notice what's above his sign....

ELO

Why Can't Every Day Be Like Christmas?

It was a wonderful day, filled with excited boys, good eats and a fun visit by Uncle Les.

Thank you to everyone who made it brighter!

Goodbye, Mr. Snowman!

Believe it or not, lots of our yard is still covered in snow...but the snowman finally bit the dust

Elton John's Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road

Son Day, Mother Son Day

Harry and I went out to run errands and stopped by our favorite pizza joint for lunch the other day - these really are the best of days.....loving almost-6.

U2's Sunday Bloody Sunday

boy-scootin' boogie

The boys are thoroughly enjoying their new scooters - thank you, Grandma and Papa S!

Brooks & Dunn's Boot-scootin' boogie

Here Comes Santa Claus

HO HO HO HO

I walked into the kitchen to find Harry composing this note:

Dear Jack, I want to get a toy for you :wub:

Christmas - whee!

Harry has the silly face DOWN

Christmas miracle, indeed! Two boys napped AND were in bed by 8PM ;-)

Harry composes his note for Santa amid a few of his favorite things

(Mrs. R., we'll work on the grammar LOL)

Jack finally wakes up and gets into the thrill of things

Harry's stirring things up

Jack insisted that we put in 'SO MANY marshmallows he won't even be able to see the hot chocolate!'

Sweet boys

Sweet treats

Tracking Santa with Daddy (he's in NY as I type this!)

It's hard to believe this book has survived those sweet little hands

Harry seems to be praying that we don't drop the camera this year...maybe Jack is wondering if it's his turn??

Happy Christmas to all and to all a Good Nite!

Elvis

Let nothing you dismay

While the sentiment is a good one, beware this vehicle - he almost ran us off the road several times yesterday in the mad dash about town.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

That for now the world is right

The snow has really given us a little gift of quieter time and taken some of the frantic out of my usual preparations. I've only been a *little* stir-crazy, maybe because they've been having so much fun and it's been nice to just relax in our new home. Here are some moments from the last few days, and the last snow pix from Snow-a-paloozo '09

They've been rediscovering old toys - Jack playing with a pirate magic show Aunt Jackie got them a few years ago...thank you!
Harry all bundled up for snowman construction - I couldn't get that scene from A Christmas Story where the kid is rolling around and can't get up. My Gramma used to say 'full as a tick' and that's how he looked ;-)

Jack ready to make his print on the new-fallen snow

Handsome Harry

I love that I caught their reflection in the van window

my favorite Snowmen :wub:

I couldn't capture it, but that moment when the some comes out and shines on the new snow makes all the mess and hassles worthwhile

two pretty trees

there were mounds of snow - Jack asked yesterday if it would be gone by summer...it has to be, right?!?

They look like some sort of agents to me (maybe I should stop reading this FBI/CIA book), and ohSOgrownup

The B/W lost some of the magic, but I still liked it - Harry spent about 1/2 his time falling-on-purpose....and posingand trudging

Meet Mr. Snowman

They reminded me of those little paper chain people

Jack's running out to check the final additions

Remember, you better not pout - only one more day 'til the big man comes. Jack was looking at the clock last nite and decided Santa will be packing up tomorrow nite at 6!

Brad Paisley's 364 Days To Go

But it’s a green christmas for me

I've noticed a lot of this lately....

I take it as a good sign that things are growing in our new home :-)

Barenaked Ladies' Green Christmas