caught in the act

who among us can be still during a performance of the nutcracker?…





…in this case the 1986 performance by the pacific northwest ballet company with costumes and production by maurice sendak and also following the original storyline - one of our favorite interpretations.

3 days in december...

the prep...

the product...

eve...

santa didn't eat all of his cookies...

and finally!

the end...

Found this cool old jazz album, looks just like eleanor...

"hey sailor, come here often?"....

raking LOTS of leaves at nana's

places i sleep yet again....

this one is particularly interesting - see how nicely she tucked in the puppy before retiring herself....

little angel

hair lightning...

7 feet away -

and directly in front of these boys was a beautiful 80" TV showing the xmas movie "elf"....

hi!

build what we can and eat all the rest...

decorating nana's tree

library time at school

finishing up with gymnastics

she enjoys a good hike now and then...

huck with his cuz, aiden...

ben had fun with his cousins, aiden and dillon...

post t-day tex-mex

eleanor tortures the class pumpkin...

eleanor shows the boys how to build complex structures with blocks...

eleanor teaches her classmates to read...

no caption needed....

before going to bed on a school night, ben lays out his clothes...

caped crusader keeps the yard safe...