Pic of the Week 2 (1 technically)

Christmas is over.  I didn't blog about it all.  But it was good.  The end.

So, I'm maybe weird but I like to know things about previous years.  Like, I like to know how many days it snowed in previous years, and when the first snow was, and when I planted my seeds for transplanting into the garden, and when we had really cold days or really hot days in the summer.  Weird stuff like that.  Here is my project for this year, partially brought on my my excitement for my new front yard garden:  I'm going to take a picture each week (and actually post it that week too...which means this post is late) of the front yard.  So here it is.  From week 2 of 2012:

I also enjoy seeing the snow melt and come again.  See, I'm weird.  There's a lot to talk about in this picture that I have not ever blogged about:  When we bought the house it looked like this:

We painted!  (And got new windows, and pruned our tree)

Also, we totally changed the yard.  Which will be easier to see in the spring.

December 13

Ryan and the kids set up the Christmas train under the tree.

And I made more cookies.

What's With the Blogging Binge?

Well, it's about Christmas and you should probably start here and work your way back...

December 12

Our house has been a cookie factory today.  I've made lots of different kinds of cookes.  But the focus for the sake of the kids was decorating sugar cookies this evening.  Still have more cookies to make...

December 11

We made our favorite Christmas cookes.  Secret recipe.  Don't ask.  They are so tasty.  Mmmmm.

December 10

The 10th was a big, busy day.  It started with Ryan going to pick up our route for Baskets of Joy.  Then we headed to Georgetown with my parents to try out a new tradition.

The kids went with my mom for a horse drawn cart ride around the town.

They had fun.

We even got a quick pic with the beautiful horses:

We had some tasty candy from the local shop, ate chestnuts roasted on an open fire, listened to the "Jingle Singers" and browsed the local shops.  This is what I would have loved to buy:

When we got back from the mountains we picked up the Baskets of Joy from the house and set out to deliver them.  They are put together for Seniors who might not have a lot going on for the holidays.  We didn't get to see each of the people on our route, but the people we did see were very happy and grateful for a visit.  The kids had TONS of fun and can't wait to do it next year.  They wished we had more baskets to deliver.

Overall it was a really fun day!

December 9

We watched The Polar Express.  Ryan made yummy food.  And after the kids went to bed we watched another Christmas movie.  It would have been our traditional Christmas Vacation viewing, but we had to move that to a different night.