Battledrum

I took the boys to see Battledrum at The History Museum a few weeks ago.  It was sleeting out and I don't do well driving in weather like that but I was determined that we were going to see this play.  I knew it would resonate with both of them.  We took Manchester Rd the whole way there and I drove slowly... we finally made it.  Ben slipped on the ice on our way in.  I was doubting my choice of coming.  But the play was fantastic and they both got so much out of it.  Sharing in these experiences with my kids make up some of my favorite moments as a mom.

A Flashback to Summer

We are having our first and probably only snow day this year.  I think we were the only school in STL that had school called off.  Thanks Mr D :)    I LOVE snow days!  All commitments are off the table and we can all just hang out, have guiltless screen time, read, build a fire, and chill. I do have to work tonight but I'm not thinking about that until about 4pm.  So in the meantime I'm reminiscing about summer...these days can't come soon enough!

Facebook Status' 2011

Max's Lemon Drops

 Max made lemon drops from the Harry Potter Sweet Shoppe Recipe book. These are just pictures of the bubbles while we waited for the sugar concoction to boil to 300 degrees...it took WAY longer than I expected...at least 20 minutes, maybe longer.  He was definitely proud of the final product so those pictures are coming soon.

New Year's Eve 2011

 We continued with our New Year's Eve tradition of everyone's favorite food feast and slumber party/movie night in the living room.  Favorite foods included strawberries, black olives, artichokes, rolls, and steak...and others.  

 Musical interlude 

Molly loved having the mattresses on the floor of the living room.  She quickly became part of our slumber party.

 Happy New Year!!!

Honeys of the World

 For Christmas, James bought Charlie honey from around the world.  James did a great job picking out a variety of honey that were all delicious and unique.  I was surprised by how much of an after taste there was from the regular grocery store honey after tasting the others.   My favorite was the pine honey and I don't think I will chose generic honey again.  I need to get Charlie to help me write a review of each one.  Maybe we will need another taste testing day for that :)

 In another life I would be a food blogger.  

 In this life...I'm a mom blogger.

Time on the Roof

 We had a beautiful day the week after Christmas so Charlie decided to take down the lights.  He let the kids come up on the roof for a new view.  They were all very careful but I was still a nervous mess- my mom's nervousness has clearly rubbed off on me.  The kids thought their time on the roof was fabulous!