Thu, Dec 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. more »
Fri, Dec 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. more »
Thu, Dec 17, 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. more »
Mon, Dec 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.) more »
Fri, Dec 11, 2009
Farm friends
Lucy became fast friends with Gwen, a cat at Circle M Farm when we visited our friends the Marions this November. She insisted I take this BFF snap of them together. more »
Wed, Dec 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. more »
