Last Friday, I had the pleasure of taking my boys and my mother to see the Atlanta Ballet’s Nutcracker at the Fox Theatre. Sigh. It was so lovely. I mean, just look at this set: Of course, being boys, they weren’t exactly thrilled at the thought of being dragged to a ballet. But dangit — …
Tag Archives: Christmas
The Truth about St. Nick
Ho-Ho-Ho-HUH? Please take a moment to go visit my friend Alicia today and read this blog post about a book I can’t wait to read on the real story of the life of Saint Nicholas. I, too, have been reluctant through the years to include a lot of Santa-themed activities into our Christmas celebration, in …
Christmas Portraits 2004
This was definitely one of my favorite Christmas portrait shoots. My friend Doris had a new camera and offered to try it out on the boys. How could I resist when Eli had such a charming outfit to model? Of course, getting little boys to pose properly is never an easy task… But we finally …
Christmas Portraits
This was only five years ago, but I struggle to remember why Zach and Eli were posing in front of the fireplace without shirts on. (Click on photos to see them bigger.) I think — and I may be totally wrong — but I think Donnie was playing around with the camera settings while I …
Christmas Baking
“Some of these Christmas cookies will hang on the tree, but most of them we’ll eat.” Yeah, in my house, we eat ALL of them. I don’t know what adorable Christmas book this scene comes from, but I just love the retro artwork and that pretty June-Cleaver-ish mom. I remember baking Christmas goodies with my …