Family Friday on Sunday

I meant to post this on Friday and never got to it so I am breaking routine and schedule and posting it on deep thought day.  You will have to ponder the photos and see if  you get any deep thoughts from them.

Noah made a bird feeder in nursery at church and he was so excited to hang it out for the birds.  It wasn't 30 seconds before the good old reliable chickadees arrived.

A Chickadee landed while Noah was standing there and he was so excited to see a birdie up close.   My camera skills were not fast enough though.

Loki and Diogi celebrated their 1st birthday on the 18th of December.  This is from before then but I don't think they have changed that much.

I added this one because they look so vicious, but they are just playing.

See they are sweet.  They are stunningly beautiful dogs, especially now that there is lots of snow.  They just look right in the snow.  Loki is your typical dumb dog, impulsive, naughty and mindless.  It looked like he was going to claim the title of alpha until  Diogi ripped his cheek open.  Diogi is a spectacular dog (that's because he is mine).  He is obedient, gentle and sweet.  Even though he is smaller his intelligence (for a dog anyway) gives him the upper "paw" so to speak

I added this one because I never let anyone tough my camera so there aren't many pictures of me.  I had worn my in braids the day before and didn't take them out before I went to bed.  I took the picture to ask Sophie if she thought I should get a perm.  Can you guess what she answered?

This is from district chorus day where Sophie was asked last  minute to introduce the special guests, the UVM Top Cats, in front of hundreds of people.  I literally turned to the stranger next to me and said, "That's my girl!!!"

I was not in a good spot to get a picture of her and the gym was packed, but I did get this one of her with her lifelong friend who shall remain nameless as I have not asked her mother if it was ok to post it here.

Thanksgiving spread.  I had been so busy with class, and the family with taekwondo and dance and  mason etc...that we stayed home for Thanksgiving.  While I missed seeing family, it was a much needed family down time and we thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed holiday.

Ben approves...

Jacob adds his thumbs up

Aaron had some dream of having four pies for Thanksgiving so I fulfilled his wish.  Pumpkin, apple, pecan and peanut butter.  The favorite was the new arrival; peanut butter pie.  In fact I forgot how good it was and now I want to make it again.

Here is Noah's seal of approval...I wish he had waited for me to take a picture before digging in.

Excuse the bum....Noah is potty training.  He is doing well, but has a fear of getting pee or poop on his cool undies so he refuses to wear them.  He has good control (enough to pee in strange places like a cup, the handle on the laundry basket, and the hole in the lego trunk...) but doesn't want to take the full plunge into no diapers.

Blurry photo, but I think it is funny how kids like confined spaces. Noah set himself up in these milk crates

This is a horrible picture.  I am licking my lips and Aaron's head is cut off, but we are together so I added it.  It was taken by a random stranger who grabbed my camera and took this picture of us as I received a rose from the Freemason's Christmas party.

The party was held at the home of a widow of a freemason.  It was a mansion and it was amazing.    I spent half of the evening wishing I was rich and the other half thinking of how much I love my simple life.  The house had these amazing doors that they got from an 1820's church in England that was torn down.  Apparently they bought the church, which I didn't know until just now, and now I am wondering what other things int he house were salvaged from the church

So there you have the photo portion of the updates from Craftsbury Cottage.  I am sure there are other things to share but my head is going to explode so I am off!   Until next time!