The Green Glasses

Jonah has been wearing these green glasses for about a week. They are sunglasses with the lenses popped out. My brother had them when he was little. Jonah claims he cannot see without them. He takes them off in his bed, lays them down beside him and says, "goodnight glasses". Then in the morning he puts them right back on for breakfast, and wears them all day. Sam started to want to wear them and there were a few fights. We found some cool shades for Sam so he could be like Jonah.
Alan took a bunch of pictures of them with their shades on. Alan sometimes enters an online photo challenge and the category this week was portrait with spectacles, how convenient! I had him do some photoshop work on these pictures. I think they turned out pretty cool!
Alan tried to get some shots of the dog with glasses too, doesn't he look happy about it?

The Simple Things

Paper towel roll, whoopi cushion, and bubble wrap, need I say more?

Happy Christmas!

We are definitly having a white Christmas this year! The kids have been playing in the snow almost every day. I enjoy watching them from inside! Hope you all have a wonderful Holiday!

Cello Concert

Bekah had a cello concert on Thursday at school. She did a wonderful job!
Here are the 2nd year students playing a few songs.
Here is what Jonah thought of the band which also had it's concert that night. Guess it was too loud for him!

Piano Recital

Bekah had her first piano Recital on Saturday. She did a wonderful job! She played a duet with her teacher and then a piece by herself. Her teacher also teaches flute and Jonah was excited about the flutes for some reason. He would say, "isn't that flute beautiful!". We went out to eat afterward to the Salad Company. The kids had so much fun going to get their own food. They also have gelato there, which I had never heard of. It was really good! It is kind of like ice cream and they have tons of flavors.

One Year (Blog) Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to the Blog!!

I've been blogging for one year exactly and it has been great. I love it!! Last year at this time I was struggling to come up with a name and load pics. It's been awesome to keep track of what my kids are doing (things I would have forgotten if I hadn't blogged about it) and keep in touch with people. Here's to many more years of blogging!!

Environmental Show

On Saturday I love to listen to NPR while I am doing chores around the house. I usually catch Car Talk, Wait Wait don't Tell Me!, Weekend America and Marketplace Money. Yesterday they were doing some special reports about the environment and what we can do to help and improve. Yesterday Marketplace Money was all about how we as a society consume and how we have become a wasteful society. I thought it was interesting and they talked about some unique things that people were doing to be less wasteful. You can listen online or download it to an Ipod. I am always looking for ways to recyle and consume less or buy things used.