More On Snow

We had ALOT of fun in that snow. Including 5 total hours of sledding on Sunday. The neighborhood kid's plastic saucers were the best. Our foam speed sled got kicked to the snowy curb. We built a nice jump that you can see in the left lower corner of the pic above. You could catch some serious air on that thing. And, really, only once in awhile did it result in the above outcome. Not that there was anything wrong with that!

We even got some nice driveway sledding and sliding down the snow pile that ended up at the front of the drive. Its been a long time since that snow fell, but we still have a fair amount of it, albeit dirty, lingering in the cooler areas.

The Little Stone Cottage

TA-DA!!!!

The Flakes Just Keep On Coming

Here's similar shots at 10:30am. Snowing hard but you can't really see it in the pics. In the second shot, Bob had just finished shoveling the driveway. Yes--finished. No sooner would he finish a row, it would fill right back up. I had a two hour nap and woke up to the same relentless barrage of flakes. I love it. It's almost 4:30 right now and Connor is out there somewhere in the white-out trying to sled behind the house. Once in a while you see a flash of his green coat. Maybe he should have an avalance pinger on him.

Snow Far, Snow Good!

This is our second substantial snow of the winter. Two weekends ago we had a few inches on a Saturday, but I got no pictures because the office was emptied for carpet installation and the Nikon was missing. It's still missing. I have no idea where it is. And I don't care. I bought that camera this summer and I hate it. The house fairy knew I hated it and hid it for me. So, I got a new Sony Cybershot 12.1 Megapixel this week. Ahhhhhh. So much better.

Here's what the backyard looked like at 7:30 am

And here's the front yard at the same time:

Note that it was clear when I took that picture. Its 10:30am now and it looks like a blizzard out there. Bob and Connor are outside and I'll get a pic for later. Its good practice for Canada, I guess. Sickeningly enough, Bob has to go to work. I'm watching the local news and cars are strewn all over the place, so I'm not too happy about it. And the four-wheel drive on the Montero is broken.

Went to Trader Joe's yesterday (I love that place) and got a fresh stalk of brussels sprouts for $3. Cut them up this morning. Look how fresh and green they are.

Made this recipe with them and they look delicious now that they're roasted.

And to wrap up this seasonally random post, its the last day of Hanukkah and I'd like to wish all my friends who are members of the tribe a happy holiday. I really hope it was 8 crazy nights of fun and celebration. Consistent with that, I share my offspring's craft and artwork below. This is what happens when a shiksa's kid makes a Star of David.

Christmas Cards

Our holiday cards are lame this year. I didn't have time to put together anything fun or creative. Like these were. Bummer.

Carb Neighborhood

Here's a shot of our little town. Created at the Baird's Gingerbread Extreme Makeover party. Connor's is the best one -- on the left.

Annual Trek

We made our annual visit to the National Christmas tree with our friends, the Bairds, last night. Despite the gear, it was nice outside and relatively warm--about 45 degrees. Our warmest visit there, ever. Connor had a nice visit with Santa, we got to pitch plenty of pennies onto the trains, and unlike my poor friend Michelle and her family (who went last week) we hit ZERO traffic and were downtown in 20 minutes (from Fairfax/Fair Lakes). Still kicking myself for not telling her to wait until after traffic. BAD FRIEND!

The boys were jazzed to be out running around on a school night. And everything looked beautiful. All the buildings are decorated for the season, and all the people out and about were in good moods. Happy Holidays!