That's What I'm Talkin About

I just overheard the 7-year-old explain (accurately) to the 5-year-old not only how babies are made, but how they can be made without a daddy. Score one for getting these things out of the way early, haha.

One More Round of Christmas

This time, with the in-laws:

Willow's Photography

I love it when Willow grabs my camera and captures her world.

One Big Christmas Post

Christmas, for us, is a time to travel to a colder place (NW Missouri) and visit relatives.

Here are most of the relatives (not pictured is one additional set of grandparents, one great-grandma, and the uncle who took the picture):

It also usually snows.  This year there was enough to play in, but not too much to get around (unlike last year).

There are, of course, cookies to eat.

And presents to open.

And birds to feed

And martial arts moves to practice with Papa.

We <3 Christmas.

Band Hero!

Here's our big gift for the year:

Ember mostly just danced (but did play a little too)

Lunar Eclipse

It was cloudy here up until the eclipse began, but the sky opened up a patch just wide enough that we could view the entire event, stars and all. It was pretty cool and i'm glad we woke the kids because i doubt any photos or video can show what we saw with our own eyes.

My young astronomers

Ryvre toughed it out til the end.

Unfortunately, none of my photographs of the moon turned out well.  But we have our memories.

Gamer Kid

The boy has reached the 'up later than Mom, playing video games' stage. Time for an intervention?