The Boys Tree

We picked out a tree together and the rest was all the boys.

I had bought an array of crafts - felt, pipe cleaners, craft paper, ribbon - in hopes the boys would be excited about making some christmas ornaments.  There was not much motivation - until- we picked up some hama beads and the boys spent an entire day making ornaments for the tree

our crooked star that never wants to stand straight

one of carith's mini snowflakes

the colorful lights the boys chose

the boys picked the most colorful lights and a box of ornaments with colors to match.  they added some ribbon and their personal touch with all their hand made decorations.

sometimes mom needs to let them follow their own inspiration

thank you for the very beautiful tree boys

Reminiscing........

As we enjoy the holidays I have been browsing our photos.  Remembering our fun times this last summer with family.

possibly we are just missing family, warm sunshine and swimming in the lake and dreaming of our return next summer

Winter Wonderland and a Goodbye

A few weeks ago we headed up to London to spend some time with our friends who are moving back to the States any day now.  We headed to Hyde Park to check out Winter Wonderland.

this christmas market was all about the food - we started out with mulled wine, belgian waffles with chocolate, sausage on a baguette and churros

all the marzipan you could possibly want

next stop pretzels

just a small stack of sausages

a pause for beer

meat on a stick

grilled salmon

roasted chestnuts

we had to try these

these people are crazy - it would be so cold

candy apples - we skipped these but had to warm up with some baileys and hot chocolate

Ro had to try out one game

headed through the park

Jim feeding the squirrel while it was climbing on Ro

Dill and a new friend

Piccadilly Square

I do love wandering around big cities at night and when the weather is cool - the christmas crowds added excitement to the air

China town

after enjoying the city we headed back to Epsom and a delicious dinner at a cozy, little italian restaurant.  We had a wonderful day with Jim and Alexi and will miss them on our fun adventures while on this side of the pond.  I am sure we will meet up again States side one day soon.  Until then we wish you two all the luck on this med school journey and look forward to when we see you next.

Travel Safe - Cheers