yea, so those last two of DPP? They aren't going anywhere, so I'm going to recover from my guilt-fest. Post them already, and move on to New Years posts and all that.
December 24
I thought that after the cardboard box "presents" under the tree picture, I ought to prove that the children were, indeed, well-endowed on Christmas morning. Much thanks to the paternal unit for doing pretty much all the wrapping. (Though I had to rewrap a couple that Marlowe "practiced" opening while we were waiting for Grammy and Poppy to arrive on Cmas morning)
December 25--The Big Day!
So this may be a totally uninspiring photo. Out of all possible pictures that could be had on Christmas, I had to choose one that had to be edited to smithereens because it was so hard to make out. But it captures one of my favorite moments of the day. After all that wonderful time with my wonderful family, of course. I had gotten Ellis a couple of art books, like with projects in them, not the kind with color plates and you leave on your coffee table. One of them was Good Earth Art by MaryAnn Kohl (love her!!!), with art projects focused on the world around us, either taking in nature, or clever ways for reusing materials. In the pile of Christmas Awesomeness, these books took a back seat. I figured they were more of a do-with-mom thing anyway, which was fine. As evening drew on, though, I looked over to the dining room table to see Ellis studying this book intently and then setting about on a project to make this little house from one of the many boxes then littering the premises. He's more of a Line the Cars up Rows Over and Over kind of kid, and not really a Making Projects kind of kid, so this had an extra measure of beam and joy from me. Definitely a highlight of my day.
