Christmas 2017 Recap

Just the five of us.
Started with Christmas Story.
Bigs insisted they start with Anna-Kate first.
Heart melted with the items the bigs bought for the rest of the family and the thought involved.
We did want-need-wear-read-make.
But spoiled with all grandparents sent. (Thank you!)
I got a card catalog!
Thankful heart for such a special time.

8 Months on Christmas Eve

Somehow on Christmas Eve, a certain little one turned 8 months.

 She is such a joy!

 She is very loved.

 And my little sous chef helped make this for our feast.

Christmas went by in a flash! We just went around to visit the lights tonight.  It seemed like it whizzed past!  I still need to upload Christmas pics.  Alas, there's always a to do list! Regardless, thankful for this trio. 

Staying warm

The weather here is sooooo sooooo sooooo cold. As in way below zero cold. The wind whips across our field and the snow is blowing. We've had someone home all day and still have had frozen pipes midday. I went to work and ran 2 errands and was so cold each time I stepped out of my car that my forehead was numb...under my hat.

But, we're keeping as warm as we can.

We had french onion soup cooked on the wood stove. We brought our crafts close to the wood stove to create along side of one another.

We read afternoon books on the couch under a wool blanket.

We took extra care of our barn animals tonight.

Our pasta sauce simmered on that woodstove for dinner.

We retired to bed for books early, to read some extra chapters.

While I'm ready for the temps to climb, we are set with activities, food and wood for now!

Christmas Photos

I posted our Christmas photo (that I still haven't mailed cards) on Christmas day, but figured I'd post the other faves from that photo shoot.  It's colder than cold here now and our yard is buried in snow. Even though I can't feel my nose when I go outside, there is no other place I'd rather live than this farm in Maine.

Good eats

When I was at my brother's, I caught myself tapping the floor next to the mess left by this girl, beckoning for the dogs to come.  Alas, he has no dogs.  I guess I didn't realize how much our dogs help with the foods that go overboard.  I think I'd seriously consider cutting down on the self feeding without our four legged hoover system. This girl, though, she's a foodie.  I've never gotten in the habit of buying premade baby foods. I just have always given my babies the foods we'd eat. There is nothing this girl won't eat.  She eats everything. And she consumes enough to fuel her for a lengthy pilgrimage. Her latest fave? Kalamata olives.  I chop those babies up and they are gone faster than I can keep up.  I hope she's interested in gardening, as we'll need to up our yield to keep up with her appetite!

Christmas Pajamas 2017

Somehow in one evening, the eve before Christmas Eve, I managed to whip up three pairs of pajama pants.  Not fancy, but matching and new and mama made.  I found three red shirts in our house and call it good enough! Just in time too!  The kids love them!  (And yup, I made the quilt too. I get asked about the print over our bed everytime I post it. The print above our bed is a pic I took and printed as an engineering print in black and white.)

Merry Christmas 2017