Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Baby Jesus' Bday Cake

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

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A Merry Mikro Christmas 2013

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

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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!

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

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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.

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

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Merry Christmas!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

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!

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Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Random November Catch Up Post

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

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Fall color and the Hudson River:

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

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

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

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

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