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