We haven't seen Rudolph, but someone stuck a Santa hat on the baby elk statue in our neighborhood.
December brings back so many fun traditions, like our Christmas advent calendar. We loaded it up with lots of Dove chocolates, milk and dark. The chocolate wrappers each have a message printed inside, targeted to middle-aged women, that say things like "Find a quiet moment in your day and savor it." The kids really like reading the messages, however inappropriate to their ages. Every pocket is crammed with chocolate, so if you stop by, we can certainly find you a piece.
Yardwork slows down in the winter, but never really stops in the Northwest. We did a little weeding on a clear day this week. Here Abe admires a particularly large thistle.
This photo was taken at 2 am on December 6, just after St. Nicholas made his annual visit and filled our shoes with candy. It really disgusts St. Nick that our kids prefer super sugary American candy to European chocoloates. Luckily, they're young and their tastes will mature. In the meantime, they enjoy their M&Ms, Nerds and marshmallow Christmas trees.
2 comments:
What is the significance of Dec. 6th? That is a fun tradition I've always wanted to try. . . and I'll hope he leaves me some Euro choco. I should have shared some of my Italian chocolates. . .I still have some noodles, will those do? OK, I have a clown nose that you could add to your neighborhood elk, it's foam, might be fun. . . I'll bring it in the bag with your pirate costume that I borrowed last month. . .Ooops! And I love the photo of Helen, she is so cute up there cooking the onions. Can we move in with you? I want Becky for a mama.
St. Nick was prepared with lots of Lindt chocolates but the Mitchell kids and their mom forgot to put out their shoes. It was sad when we realized on Saturday our mistake. The first time in 10 years that he has missed our house. Ruth
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