Holiday Photos

We had a great first Christmas in Maine with the Lennons visiting from North Carolina.














Some other great photos to share...

Holiday Fun!

Our lawn has been snow covered for ten days or so, helping us to be in the holiday spirit. The weather has also been temperate and generally very sunny, which hasn't hurt matters either...We've had a frenzy of holiday activities to share.

Tree Adventure

A trip to the tree farm was an adventure. We walked through snowy mud on a chilly, but sunny day and looked for the "perfect" tree. Alexia asked how we'd know when we found it and Patrick replied "we would just know."What ensued after was Lex and Finn asking if every tree was "the" tree and insisting that some awfully cute, but horribly small and sparse trees were "the" one.

Baking

Snow Day - School Canceled

An afternoon adventure with Jess, enjoying the fresh snow and taking advantage of the snow day and no school.















































Santa

Yarmouth is the town next to ours. It's a quaint little town with an old town feel, where downtown has historical buildings with family owned businesses. On Saturday, we decided to make a visit to Santa in Yarmouth. It seemed like the perfect, non-mall-like place for our kids to meet Santa this year.

We had been talking to the kids for awhile about Santa and how he gets into our house and how he knows what to bring everyone. Lex and Finn were tickled about the idea of actually seeing him. We arrived early and as we were getting out of the car we heard a big, "ho, ho, ho". Santa was just coming out of the police station. The look of amazement on Finn and Lex's faces was priceless. There was a bit of terror and a lot of excitement too. Santa crossed the snow-covered lawn and stepped into his red hut. We hurried carefully over the iced sidewalk to wait our turn to see him. Second in line, it didn't take long for the doors to open and for the Lennons to pile into Santa's little hut.

Lex told Santa (and anyone else who will ask) that she wants an Ariel nightgown with sparkles. Finn, well, guess what he told Santa he wanted? Yup, cars...


We decorated our tree the day after seeing Santa and the count down to presents has begun.

Happy Holidays to all!

Random Notes: Finny does Yoga sometimes at school and he just showed me (on his own) downward dog. Very cute.

Wild Turkey

We live in a salt box house, which means most rooms are corner rooms and have lots of windows. My office (I work from home now) has three windows, two of which look out on our front lawn. I left for minutes to clear my lunch today. When I came back there were 23, yes 23, wild turkeys out my window. I sort of felt like they were flaunting the fact that they made it past Thanksgiving. Curious to find out what their deal was, I googled them and learned that turkeys have 5,000-6,000 feathers! I also learned that the record-sized adult male wild turkey, according to the National Wildlife Turkey Federation, was 38 lb. Not sure I want any of those 38 lb turkeys on my front lawn.

Some other interesting facts I learned...Male turkeys are polygamous, so they form territories that may have as many as 5 hens within them. Male Wild Turkeys display for females by puffing out their feathers, spreading out their tails and dragging their wings. This behavior is most commonly referred to as strutting.

Working from home definitely adds a twist to life....