No white Christmas in the Pacific Northwest. And that is just fine with me. I have enjoyed the extended autumn colors and afternoon sunshine, yes! The sun! It has been such an unexpected pleasure when it shows itself. Also, the season has brought the joy of morning tea with honey brought from Barcelona for my birthday by Andrea. It truly is the most wonderful time of the year!
We left all the Christmas decorations in Idaho when we moved. I was pretty panicked about not being able to get into my Clark Griswold swing of things. But it turned out so great. I crafted banners, glittered pinecones, searched the internets for a
free printable nativity, & recruited Ellen to paint. It was a nice challenge, I loved seeing how little we need to bring in commercial Christmas & plastic Santa.
There were some of the same traditions as we've always done. Advent calendars, gingerbread houses, planning the Christmas dinner. (everything with my boys usually involves food) I love the rhythm these annual activities brings to the season but I think I am most jazzed about some of the new things we started this year. I invited some neighbors over to craft & eat an amazing
lemon curd cheesecake I baked. We taught the boys "Away in a Manger" and sang it every night. I didn't fuss over wearing our Christmas best. (or even combed hair-gasp!)
It was new with old, & all kinds of good.
Love your creative presentation of wintry photographs!!! The tea and honey from Barcelona, what a sweet treat :) And you did a fine job bringing Christmas to the Archuleta home!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Chica! I try to keep it fresh around the blog. And the honey is divine for a gal with a sweet tooth :D
ReplyDeleteWonderful post - great photos. :-)
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