We went downtown Saturday morning for the annual old-fashioned Christmas parade. Entries are restricted to horses and horse-drawn carriages–some of which were antiques from the late 1800s. Ava watched most of the parade from a perch high above the crowd. Many of the participants were dressed in period costume. I especially liked these dresses and [...]
Archive for December, 2008
8 Dec
Outside the box
Now that I’m back off the wagon, I’m enjoying a couple of glasses of wine a few times a week. Usually, a bottle is more than enough for the two of us, but there are those nights where one more glass would be nice, but it seems wasteful–and kind of expensive–to open another bottle. Enter [...]
7 Dec
Doug’s photo gallery
Doug’s photos of Olivia’s first birthday are up here. Check them out here. Thanks, Doug!
5 Dec
Olivia’s first birthday
We celebrated Olivia’s first birthday with a fish-themed part at Doug and Karyl’s. They agreed to host it, probably not knowing what an undertaking it would be. We had nearly 40 guests, 15 pounds of pulled pork and four cakes. Fortunately, Olivia managed to be awake for most of it! Liv received many nice gifts. [...]
4 Dec
Nebraska, continued
Last Friday was Olivia’s first birthday. We started the day at Gramma’s, then visited Rose at the Post Office. Ava had a great time there–she mailed a package to herself and learned the inner workings of the U.S. postal system. We joined Dad and Grandpa for a game of Phase 10 and a bit of [...]
3 Dec
The boys
One of my favorite parts of a trip back to Nebraska–my sweet, adorable nephews. Leo is really talking now–when I swiped him out of Bryan’s arms on Thursday, he said, “I need Uncle Bryan back.” Cute.
2 Dec
The $100 question
The American Community Survey–the new version of the U.S. Census–arrived in our mailbox yesterday. In most households, this likely goes unheralded, but it’s caused quite the stir around here. Apparently, the decennial “long form” has been replaced with a perpetual survey that targets a handful of random households every month. Most of the surveys ask [...]
2 Dec
Thanksgiving!
We started Thanksgiving at Gramma’s house–my mom and Dave came down the night before, and Katie arrived from Boston just before dinner. Ava waited very impatiently, asking when she’d arrive about every 90 seconds. My mom was only slightly less excited. There she is, tucked behind the now very grown up Tooley kids the newly [...]
1 Dec
Catching up
We just returned from a week-long trip to Nebraska. I think we managed to see every aunt, uncle, cousin, parent and grandparent possible. We had two Thanksgiving dinners, one first birthday party and many other occasions to get together with family. I’ll start with our visit with my grandparents–they were kind enough to host Ava, [...]
