happy february

thanks to suzanne for the great pic!

biker girl

look what santa brought olive!

gingerbread fun

thanks to trader joe’s easy-peasy gingerbread house kit, olive and her friend geeves made their tasty masterpieces.  olive kind of couldn’t believe she could eat it. craft project + candy?! christmas miracle.

christmas dinner

mac n’ cheese for olive while the adults enjoyed thin-cut ny strips with a balsamic reduction and blue cheese crumbles, sweet potato with cinnamon butter and an orange-topped salad.  ah-maz-ing!

it was absolutely the perfect way to celebrate the holiday! candles, fancy dishes, Polar Express viewing and shortbread cookies for dessert.  even Olive got filled with happy love when she said during our toast that she loved us and being together in our home. well said kiddo!

 

in an instant(gram)

reason #7 to have a kid:

already hates ties:

christmasy nap:

rescuing kittens from the tree:

cheering on olive at her school’s performance of the “nutcracker”

when life hands you buttermilk…you make biscuits:

trimming our tree (blurry but bright!)

remembering a warm day in november