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Month: December 2009

Posted on December 31, 2009December 31, 2009

Spaghetti face

Last night, we had a fancy dinner with family at my parent’s new retirement community. Rosie in particular seems to have enjoyed the grub. Continue reading “Spaghetti face”

Posted on December 25, 2009December 25, 2009

Our 2009 Mad Lib

Our 2009 Christmas card is out now, and it involves audience participation. It’s a Mad Lib. But do you want to know how we filled it in? Here’s the Boyds’ version. Continue reading “Our 2009 Mad Lib”

Posted on December 17, 2009December 18, 2009

To Reach the Clouds by Philippe Petit

The big-time honors — an Academy Award, the Caldecott Medal — have gone to other works about Philippe Petit’s 1974 high-wire walk atop the World Trade Center towers. But what’ll really blow your mind is Petit’s own first-person account of the entire operation. Continue reading “To Reach the Clouds by Philippe Petit”

Posted on December 14, 2009December 14, 2009

In the leaves

It’s always fun to rake the leaves, isn’t it? Rosie seems to think so. Here she is on November 8, 2009. (Click on any thumbnail for an album of four shots.) Continue reading “In the leaves”

Posted on December 11, 2009

Farm friends

Lucy became fast friends with Gwen, a cat at “Circle M Farm”:http://circlemfarm.com/ when we visited our friends the Marions this November. She insisted I take this BFF snap of them together. Continue reading “Farm friends”

Posted on December 9, 2009December 9, 2009

Sankta Lucia pageant

Advent is well underway at the Boyd house, which you can tell by the row of open doors on our Advent calendar. Saturday’s Advent activity read “attend the Sankta Lucia pageant at North Park University,” which we enjoyed as a whole family. Continue reading “Sankta Lucia pageant”

Posted on December 8, 2009December 8, 2009

Monkey sisters

Lucy and Rosie had a lot of fun on Halloween 2009. Continue reading “Monkey sisters”

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