Charlie chose a dinosaur theme for his party this year. We blew up lots of green balloons, taped “dinosaur prints” on the carpet leading to the kitchen, and decked out the kitchen with dinosaur decorations. Here is Charlie’s cake, complete with dinosaur figurines! (They even opened to show their skeletons!) For snacks we had dinosaur…

This past New Year’s Eve was the most fun I’ve had on that holiday in quite a while! We hung out with the Deskos next door, putting together the dinners we had each planned to eat separately to make a nice feast. Megan made some cookies for dessert and Andrew brewed a pot of coffee….

This past year we stretched Christmas out over the course of a week and had a wonderful time with family members celebrating Christ’s birth. It started on December 21st with Mom, Dad, and Daniel over for lunch. Well, really it started the night before, when Charlie was SO excited to give Granana the gift he…