It’s over, sorta. Thoughts for the day.
The girls were all really happy with their presents. I was worried there would be some tears over something that someone got that someone else didn’t (nothing specific- just in general.)
At one point Annika opened a present containing clothing (Thanks Grandma P!) and exclaimed- ‘Yay! Clothes!’ […]

Too bad you have to make them yourself. But I’m going to share two of my favorite cookie recipes with you (prepare to feel special). These are the ones I made for our neighbors this year. I made half of them (and passed them out) last week sometime… today I finished the […]

I’ve written my Christmas letter, edited it for length and humility, printed it out, bought dresses for my girls, taken a zillion pictures, got one that was good, let Alissa photoshop it for me (thanks Alissa!), printed them at Costco, put everything together and mailed them all out. An embarrassingly large number. I’m […]

You know what that resulted in? Me deciding that we were just going to do a pink/black theme and not be matchy matchy- which really the girls would probably appreciate more in the end anyway because really no one cares but me. So I gussied up the girls and we headed to the […]

Update. I’m on day 7×3+1 of headache town. I’m progressing from needing Flexeril and Percocet mixed with diet coke and lying down in a dark, quiet room and still being in pain- to using Head On and Aleve and being okay sort of and kind of functioning. The pain is still there […]