Baby Jesus' Bday Cake

Our traditional Christmas dessert: GFCF Brownie done up as a birthday cake for Baby Jesus.

A Merry Mikro Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas! I hope everyone had as much fun today as Mikro did!











Unwrapping gifts from mom & dad: You know you are a homeschooler when books, science kits and Rosetta Stone get a bigger, happier reaction than DVDs and toys!



























And then there's the special, most wanted present from Santa:







He also got tickets to see Stomp, as an early Christmas gift, and he got tickets to see the musical version of "A Christmas Story" at Madison Square Garden this week.



And this is what it looked like after the wrapping paper carnage was complete:

Merry Christmas!

Winter Wonders

Mikro and I were curious to see if we could get some closeup shots of snowflakes. I'm amazed at what I was able to get with my little Canon IS 160 Point and Shoot!

Random November Catch Up Post

Mikro in many moods. I include the Klingon/Grinch face lest anyone think he is always angelic.





Fall color and the Hudson River:







We liked this cloud, because one way it looked like a fish, and another way it looks like a person.



Fog in the city, so thick that the Chrysler Building seemed to disappear:





A small sampling from the Halloween window painting contest in our little village:





Some recent sketches we did for Harmony Art Mom's Sketch Tuesday: