FIFTY-TWO

 

Checking for eggs. 

2024 week fifty-two

It's been a wild December for my garden. I have never had tomatoes past July, but here we are eating Christmas tomato sandwiches. 

Melissa came to visit us and Kip loved it so much, clearly. 

Christmas eve. After our traditional Chinese food dinner, Matt and V had the idea to make chains "that we forge in this life" a la Marley's ghost. We each wrote silly sins for everyone and made "sin chains." It was weird but everyone really enjoyed reading their silly sins. 

Christmas cat. 

Apparently this was the best family photo we got, no one is smiling and Theo is hiding behind me. Merry Christmas, I promise we were cheerful. 

V loves her new long winter coat. She wanted one that went past her knees, and this one is almost to her ankles, so she's thrilled. 

Matt's got a classic Irish fisherman's sweater for Christmas/anniversary. The 14th anniversary is ivory, so this fits the bill. 

V got a peacock lego set. 

And she got a cat skull hair clip. 

The rest of Christmas was Theo building their The Office lego set and V eating hot cheetos and reading the first book in the Series of Unfortunate Events. 

On Friday, V had a friend over to play. 

Alexia and her family came to spend time with us and it ended in a family game of whiffle ball. 

Even Alton had a great time. 

It was a lovely way to spend a sunny winter afternoon. 

Gingerbread cookies and tea. 

A Pickles in swaddling clothes. 

Kip has discovered her destiny as chicken watch dog. We let the chickens loose this week and Kip is fully invested in their safety. 

From last week when we went to the Botanical Gardens. 

Quotes:

Theo sneaks into the kitchen behind me and tries to steal a tomato
Me- "Stop!"
Theo-"...Drop. And rollllllll (he rolls out of the kitchen, tomato in hand) away!"