be of good cheer!

well christmas is tomorrow. i am not done preparing. oh well...
here is a little glimpse of our christmas creating and counting down and enjoying!

one more day!

went simple with the wreath this year

soy wax crayon stars

guess what we're having for christmas dinner??

andrea knit the boys dinosaurs... isaac's is the green one and ezra's is the orange one.

isaac's knit slippers... i thought i had two little pig buttons but the other is missing... so sad.

homestead gardens from the road (this is only 1/5 of the lights! they were amazing!)

art bags

the national christmas tree in all its glory

hooray for clementine season

ezra and i have been doing lots of snuggling...



hope you and yours are loving each other and celebrating the little Lord Jesus stepping out of heaven and into a bed of straw amongst the meek and lowly...

their myriad leaves in leisured dance...

And see the peaceful trees extend
their myriad leaves in leisured dance—
they bear the weight of sky and cloud
upon the fountain of their veins.
- Kathleen Raine

holly's fire engine

steve's log cabin

leave it to me to be the boring traditional one...

devin's mayan temple, complete with sacrificed/beheaded gummy bear

knitting, knitting, and more knitting to be finished in time for christmas...

happy thanksgiving everybody!

"Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, confusion into clarity... It turns problems into gifts, failures into successes, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and a vision for tomorrow."
-Melodie Beattie

the seasons have changed from the present to past...

Adam had off work for Veteran's Day so we walked around Roosevelt Island and then visited Grandpa Robertson's grave at Cheltenham. It was a beautiful day.

these are a few of my favorite things...

Oatmeal cookies and the aroma that floats around my house for days after they have gone.

Listening to my husband trying to argue with a two-year-old about who technically owns our bathtub.
Trying a new recipe(preferably something new and exciting and that forces me to buy an ingredient I don't already have).
Both of my children napping at the same time.
A weeded garden.
That unconscious realm of sleep that only newborn babies seem to be able to tap in to.
Going to farmers markets to buy produce and whatever else looks tantalizing.
Sleeping with the windows open.
Candid pictures.

ps. we have adopted a kitten that was abandoned at adam's work... she sleeps in hats... her name is joni mitchell... cat stephens tried to teach her to climb our stairs yesterday.

the chestnut leaves wide open as a hand...

....a little bit of color from my backyard to you!

Isaac and I have been dying to get out of the house as the past several days have been rainy... a good walk around the pond is in order.

sticks and snails and puppy dog tails...

there are very few pictures of the three of us in existence...

isaac thinks he's a bicycle

difficult to resist getting soaking wet

my easy-going self-sufficient ezra!

shimmering orbs that glitter and dance...

daddy and ezra at the church picnic last sunday... ezra is the make-out king. he likes to be in very close proximity to your face at all times.

isaac and i are roasting a turkey and blowing bubbles today. all day.
check out "Blowing Soap Bubbles" by Barbara Crooker... beautiful!