The Christmas Eve Photos

After a VERY long drive to and from Colorado, we've made it back home! Everyone had a great time except for maybe Homer, who seemed to have a touch of altitude sickness the whole time. Poor pup.

What would Christmas be without mustaches? Not fun, that's for sure.








And there were some without mustaches too.




And outside!




Many more to come, but I think everyone needs a little sleep. Hope you all had a magical Christmas!

Leaves!

Fall comes late in Texas, apparently... Merry Christmas to us!

Chia Hats!

Our neighbor, Chia, makes the most amazing hats ever... she's well known all around Austin and sells at a number of stores around the country as well. Casey gave G her Chia Hat for her second Christmas, and he decided that Adele couldn't wait that long for one.




She makes them for adults, too, if you're so inclined. I think Casey needs a hot pink one.

The Hair

Here's what happens when you wear a ponytail all day and only take it out at bedtime.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Thanksgiving Indeed

We had a great, low-key Thanksgiving this year. Uncle Ryan drove in from Colorado with his dog Buddy to celebrate with us and we enjoyed a lot of down time at the house and in the neighborhood.




We ate some pecan pie...



We ate sweet potatoes and chicken (couldn't justify a turkey for three adults and two small people)...




Mushrooms and peas...



Adele did some standing around...



And it was all too much for Georgia.




A good time was had by all.

The Big 3-1

As Casey often likes to point out, I'm older than he is. BY FOUR MONTHS, I would like to add... it's not like he's 31 and I'm 60 or anything. But because I am kind and generous, I baked him a cake for his birthday even though he calls me an old lady.



He then proceeded to attack with the cake cutter.



Georgia agreed that it was good.



Happy Birthday, Casey. We love you more than anything.

More to come...

Many photos coming from Thanksgiving and Casey's birthday, but here's a nice one to tide you over.

She picked this out all by herself. Shocking, I know.

Christmas Card Outtakes

Scenes from a Sunday

she is the best.

"Scooping Out Scary Faces"

Pumpkin Carving 09 from narmalie on Vimeo.

(repeat: I DO NOT LIKE LISTENING TO MY OWN VOICE. The end.)

Alert! Alert!

Ok, I know I'm behind in photos. Sometimes I just fall off the inspired bandwagon and can't get it together to post pictures, and then I wait a few more days and get some really good ones, and then I don't know which ones to choose and BLEH and such and then I end up posting not at all. And yes, I know that was a run-on and it was entirely necessary. In any case, I resolve to do better. (Sorry, grandparents.)
Halloween photos! Well, sort of. Our Halloween ended up being a stomach-bug laden occasion, so I'll spare the details of that. But I do have costume photos, decoration photos and pumpkin carving photos, so at least there's that.
Onward!

G as TinkerBell. Skirt by mama; shoes, wings and hair by daddy. Seriously. (Skills, I tell you. I bet you didn't know that Casey could do hair.) The skirt is a little wonky but I blame it on the pure polyester that was the fabric. G, of course, couldn't get enough of it. "It's so SPARKLY, mama!" Yes. I am still finding sparkles everywhere. This morning I saw some in my toothbrush. ANYWAY.





Pumpkin carving... carried out mainly by Casey and Georgia. I photo'd and Adele cheered them on. She can clap now and it's her favorite thing. Pumpkin carving? A round of applause! Avocado for dinner? Allow me to cheer for that. Bathtime? A standing ovation! You get the idea.





The carving commences:



And the finished product!





Also, what is the point of having a spiderweb front door if you don't go all out on Halloween?



Happy Halloween! (Video of clapping/carving to follow. If I can ever get Vimeo to accept it.)