Crashed Out Baby!

Akasha hasn't been napping much in the day but crashed out early today. I guess the holiday wore her out!

Merry Christmas

We pretty much sucked at getting any pictures this Christmas. Orion woke up before everybody else and rushed out to the gifts. My the time we wandered out, we only had the chance to get a few stocking photos.


The kids were pretty happy with all their new stuff! Action links, a Handy Manny construction set, a dolly that pees, a stroller, a shopping cart, play dough stuff and lots more!

More Cookies!

Tessi and Amma came for dinner and brought some awesome gifts. I can't believe I forgot to take any pictures though! Later on, had to get our shape cookies made for Santa! These were plain sugar cookies, so got out a bunch of shapes!
Busy busy busy!
I gave a bit of dough to Akasha to roll out on her own, and she did really well with it!
A done pan!
This one amused me because Candle in the Wind popped into my head.
Later on, we decorated. That was interesting lol. That is a reindeer on the lower left. Orion said it is the cross that makes him fly!

Happy Solstice!

Technically Solstice happened late on the 21st this year, but we had our little celebration on the 22nd with some friends. I made a dinner that included a Greek chicken dish with sun dried tomatoes and lemon and fudge and orange jello to represent the dark and light halves of the yedar. Here we are getting ready for things.

Each kid had their own votive to keep lit all night to help the sun grow strong again, which they had decorated with glitter glue pens. It was a pretty cute little ritual. When we thought about things we wanted to leave behind in the dark, there was talk of anger, sadness and of course, monsters lol. Then I read the story about the tired sun from Circle Round, and we lit all our candles and talked about the new year. We even had a few presents!
I got this thing for Kai that had a couple ramps and several cars. Daddy Brian saved the night by putting it together, and then it was a huge hit for quiet awhile, with only a little drama over the sharing of it.
What a cutie that Nicole is!
Cheers!
Nicole sandwich!
Three boys all in a row.
More playing . Akasha didn't want to wear the cute dress I had picked out lol.
A picture worth a thousand words haha.
OK, I look a bit more normal in this one, but dang I need to do something with my hair!
Later on and a few cute pics of the kids on their perch.

Numbers!

So out of the blue I found out Akasha is already recognizing numbers! Seems like it is much earlier than Orion did, but I guess they all go at their own rate. Here is how it happened: We were playing the Hungry Caterpillar game, and it has a spinner with numbers. Akasha and I were playing as a team, and she was doing the spinning. She took her turn and said, "I spinned a two!" I was like, Whoa! So I started asking her what the other numbers were, and she knew them all! Amazing what they pick up all on their own, eh? :)

Spoons!

One of Akasha's favorite things to do is get into the silverware drawer and collect all the plastic spoons. We have several different colors, so they are visually appealing I guess. She was holding a bunch the other day, and it struck me I needed to get a photo for all my friends who love The Spoon Theory.
OK, so one is a spork, but you never know when one of those will come in handy as well! :)

And finally, our tree!

Here is the beautiful tree we got at Corner Crest. I love the natural shape of it!

Looks kindof strange with the line of the neighbor's lights in the background, but this is the best one I got.

Is that a tree fairy I see?
Awww.