Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas

No, this isn't my tree. This is the tree at the Eaton Centre. It's enormous and covered in crystals.

Aaron and Hart made a snowman during the first snowfall of the season. Notice the apple eyes.

Thea and I checked out the Christmas windows at The Bay. Lovely.

Thea, looking very sophisticated, at The Nutcracker.

My little over-crowded tree.

All the decorations are not even on.

Thea has a collection of ornaments gathered from all of our outings to see The Nutcracker ballet over the years. She has 6 hanging on the tree. They are all girls. Aaron has a Nutcracker ornament and I have an egg.

You can see three of Thea's decorations in this photo. I also have all the 12 Days of Christmas Eaton's ornaments.

This year, the red bird is sitting at the the top of the tree.

Comments

Anonymous said…

Great snowman, Aaron! Luv those apple eyes... lumps of coal ARE difficult to come by these days. Thea, you are indeed looking very sophisticated at the ballet. That tree is looking very crowded with decorations (your's that is, not the Eaton Centre one, well maybe it is too). Perhaps you should get a bigger tree next year. It's much better than I've done. This year I haven't even pulled out my ceramic santa and the wooden pine tress dad made. I wanted to do a retro sixties kind of Christmas look so maybe I'll put that on the agenda for next year.

December 23, 2007 at 2:34 PM

aniexma said…

That apple-eyed snowman is fantastic, I think he looks a little bit puzzled and a little spooky (which I love, of course). Thea looks gorgeous in her suit, and all the ballerinas are lovely, though they're going to need that tree all to themselves if you keep seeing The Nutcracker. Hmmm... maybe two trees?

December 23, 2007 at 4:24 PM

Knitting and Party Outfits

First, inspired by Brooklyn Tweed's lovely striped Noro scarf, I have started knitting my own Noro striped scarf. Here's a photo of the work in progress. Second, in a wild and crazy mid-life crisis kind-of-moment, I purchased a wild and crazy (for me) party dress. Here's a picture of Hart and I off to Auntie Gloria's party. I felt I needed to do this before I turn 50 and while my weight was down. I AM planning on keeping the weight off. The secret to getting on a dress like this (which has a lining that you can't see) is to leave it on the hanger and "dive" up to the light. If you don't do this, you risk getting tangled in the lining. You also have to watch how you sit since you don't want to bend the sequins when you sit down. I can report that the party was wonderful, the food was great, the decor was beautiful and it was great to see people we haven't seen in a while.

Spring is Bursting out all over! And Thea's Birthday!

The crabapple tree in the front yard. The one time out of the year that the tree looks nice. The lilac bush in the back yard. We've had such a lovely cool spring that the lilacs have actually been in bloom for about a month! Yummmm - cupcake recipes! Thanks Auntie Anne! Ooooh and a beautiful apron! Here's Thea making one of the cupcake recipes! Notice how the cupcake cups are arranged. And here are the finished cupcakes. They were delicious! And here a couple of pictures of my friend Steve's amazing garden. I took these photos today (May 29). These are tree peonies!! Aren't they amazing. I've uploaded more photos of Steve's amazing garden on Flickr.

Hart's Sweater Completed!!

Remember that sweater I started back in December?? Here it is completed at last. Except for being blocked. It was ready for Valentine's Day. Here's my sweetie modelling it. I got a lot of work done on the sweater while out visiting my Mom and Dad. Here's my Dad looking pretty good after his surgery. And here's a photo of my lovely Mom... I also got a chance to visit with my brother. In Victoria, the grass is green and flowers are blooming... I wish I had a picture of what it's like here in Toronto but my camera has an E14 error at the moment.

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