the holly and the ivy

ellie hoch and I put the lights in the garden this afternoon.
well see how it looks tonight!
ready? are you a good witch or a bad witch-The Difference between the East and the West.
79th and bway-"sir, how much for the evergreen?"
"Oh, you can have that bunch for a 1.00"
78th and Lex-"sir, how much for the evergreen?"
"That's 6.00 dollars a bunch, sweetheart."
sweetheart?
I'm taking the saw and heading to central park.

check

my friend kj did a december check list and asked her readers for their lists.
so i thought i would put my check list here.

:bring in herbs and repot them in terracotta pots from Moby and Kate's wedding.check
:plant paperwhites in mason jars and old pottery and put in kitchen window. check
:go to yankee candle factory in deerfield with Trisha, girls, mom and kids-(its literally a winter wonderland, santa's workshop, Bavarian village, chocolate delight! check
:clean up garden and plant tulips for spring with ezra-check
:find fallen birch tree branches driving down Mass. turnpike, take off bark, then wrap around vases or candles (see pix) yes, I actually did this, check
:take poinsettia plant out of hibernation in basement and put in lobby to see if it will bloom, check
:begin decorating lobby, check
:put lights in garden out front, check
:put up tree with antique ornaments from Destiny-check
:listen to Pandora.com -bing crosby holiday station all day long (since sept.) check
:watch Holiday Inn each week-check
:sing carols -check
:do advent calendar-check
:read A Christmas Carol-
go to train show in Pittsburgh,
:watch Scrooge with Albert Finney-
:watch it's a wonderful life-check
: go to Red Lion Inn in stockbridge mass around New Years with kids, mom, aggie, trish and girls,

more to follow-it's 11:54am and scott wants me to take the dogs out for a walk..........

I love this town

upon frolicking in our first snowfall of the season
ezra declared "I love this town!"
snow with sam and martha is an absolute blast
-martha, our sweet 9 1/2 yr old,
becomes a frisky puppy, biting the snow, swishing her tail, chasing ezra on the sled. sam will actually body sled down hills on his back-a hoot to watch.
we had an incredible day at Jesus' Birthday Party saturday too~what an amazing job Tracy, Carolyn and crew did!
could this blog be more grammatically wrong? and doesn't honor look happy at the party?

lovely rita

do you see the resemblance? this is amusing us lately-Honor is dressing like Rita from Arrested Development-our new favorite show. ok, it takes a while, but it's very funny. have Kevin watch it with you for the first time-
he giggles like a school girl.






Happy New York Thanksgiving! the balloons are already filled and ready to go for tomorrow's parade! Shrek pix for uncle christopher and uncle kevin. uncle kevin-who giggles like a school girl at arrested development...and quite a few other things too.

blonde vs. God, part 3

ezra, upon seeing his school pix for the first time:


"I love me."







(pix by scott devore-sorry scott, pix of a pix)

blonde vs. God, part 2

this morning's reading from the Vox bible was
Samson!
samson falls for a Philistine woman who gets him in a big stew.
ezra listens.
I go to get more tea.
"that woman was a trap", says Ezra.
(our family bible lesson 6 weeks ago was about traps of the heart)
from the tea making area-"Yup"
"the pig tailed girl in my class is my trap."
?-me envisioning calls from the teacher.....
"No, she is a lovely girl from a wonderful family-she is not your ...trap."

pause

ok, then chocolate and tv, those are my traps....."
ah, aren't they for everyone, sweet boy

Blonde vs. God, part I

for those checking....and those calling me a sissy....

Ezra in a conversation tonight with sunday school teacher.
(the scene-ezra, staring off into space)
teach: Ezra, what are you doing?
ez: trying to not look at that girl.
teach: Why, Ezra?
ez: because, she is so pretty, I am afraid I will love her more than God.

murby-you may not use this in any play. ever.