It has been very, very busy at the Becker house the past few weeks, hence the lack of updates. Of course, it's
usually very, very busy at the Becker house; the getting-ready-for-Christmas busyness has just made it
seem even
busier than our normal level of busy. Above you see David (not) helping me with some of my cookie baking; in spite of his help, I managed to put out a respectable number of cookies.
Christmas morning dawned (actually, they started well before dawn) with what has become our tradition: the children get up at six a.m. and play Christmas carols on the piano until Matt and I decide getting up out of bed is less painful than listening to another rousing chorus of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" sung by children who don't quite remember all the words. This, plus the two-harmonica version of Jingle Bells that sent the dog running to hide under the bed, was far more energizing than a grande gingerbread latte.
I do most of my shopping online these days. In the little photo caption on Amazon.com, this stuffed tiger looked like a normal-sized stuffed animal. Imagine my surprise when a three-foot-high box was delivered by UPS with this guy inside it. If I had read the product description a little more carefully, I might have noticed the dimensions and realized how big it was. Elena loves him nontheless, and has named him Jacob.
The rest of the kids enjoyed their new stuff too. They got the usual assortment of legos, nerf guns, slippers, pajamas, and board games. Enjoy the little video of David eating wrapping paper!
It has been very, very busy at the Becker house the past few weeks, hence the lack of updates. Of course, it's usually very, very busy at the Becker house; the getting-ready-for-Christmas busyness has just made it seem even busier than our normal level of busy. Above you see David (not) helping me with some of my cookie baking; in spite of his help, I managed to put out a respectable number of cookies.
Christmas morning dawned (actually, they started well before dawn) with what has become our tradition: the children get up at six a.m. and play Christmas carols on the piano until Matt and I decide getting up out of bed is less painful than listening to another rousing chorus of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" sung by children who don't quite remember all the words. This, plus the two-harmonica version of Jingle Bells that sent the dog running to hide under the bed, was far more energizing than a grande gingerbread latte.
I do most of my shopping online these days. In the little photo caption on Amazon.com, this stuffed tiger looked like a normal-sized stuffed animal. Imagine my surprise when a three-foot-high box was delivered by UPS with this guy inside it. If I had read the product description a little more carefully, I might have noticed the dimensions and realized how big it was. Elena loves him nontheless, and has named him Jacob.
The rest of the kids enjoyed their new stuff too. They got the usual assortment of legos, nerf guns, slippers, pajamas, and board games. Enjoy the little video of David eating wrapping paper!
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