Holiday Greetings From Our Family

I have been taking a blogging sabbatical while I try to get control of the things that NEED to be done.

I thought though I would share with you our holiday photo. As many of my friends and family know I take the environment, recycling, reducing and reusing quite seriously, as evidenced by my request that Santa bring me a red wiggler composter for my basement. At any rate I have not sent out a holiday card in some years for just this reason.

It seems that this is a perfect venue to send out the Holiday greetings to all that I normally would via mail.

We had a great time with my family this Christmas. HD and I were blessed to get to spend a few extra days at Papa and Oma's house with Uncle Dan (my brother) and Aunt Heather (my sister-in-law). We played wii, looked at baby things (Uncle Dan and Aunt Heather are expecting their first baby due in May) and ate a lot of food. My sister and her family joined us Tuesday and Scott and Vincent on Wednesday. It was a time of laughter and merriment.

Again We hope that the year treated you as well as it treated us, and Happy Holidays!

Head is Spinning

I have not blogged in some weeks, feels like years. I am trying to push my way out of my hole. I have so many things on my mind and plate currently that I go to bed with a headache and wake with one.

Recently I took H.D. to the art supply store. He loves looking at the things there and planning out his creativity. He really wants one of those posable drawing mannequins. The really small desktop versions. It was so cute that how can you say no? Well I did in honor of Christmas.

I did let him get a sketch book, some charcoal pencils, and little smudgers to experiment with. Now there are smudgy and smeared pictures lining the first 5 pages of the book. One of the drawings is a huge building, a skyscraper I think. Below it underground is the devil, and above it in the sky is what looks like a fly. I am told that the fly is God. Interesting...I think that he is exploring perspective *LOL*.

Another drawing is a lighthouse. It was really not too bad.

The Nutcracker, a little scary, but I think it was the teeth that set me off. I have this thing about really gnarly looking teeth and that one had some whoppers.

H.D. has had this obsession with Nutcrackers for ages. He loves them, wants one, and this year his 3rd grade class took a field trip to "The Nutcracker". He loved it.

Well that is all I have time for today. I am watching over my freshman students as they do the prewriting, rough draft of their final essay exam. The mod is almost over and I feel compelled to grade a paper or two in the time remaining.

Peace.
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P.S. I was feeling quite cold, and in honor of warmer days a cute pic of my nieces E & E. Enjoy!

Yay!

My brother and sister-in-law are going to have a baby! WHOO HOO! It has been a long rode for them, and I can relate.

Congrats and looking forward the end of May and to coming down in June to hold a wee baby!


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