Happy New Year!

We went to the freezing cold beach.....





It was low tide and there were a lot of tidepools...





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New Years Eve 2011

Ira made a gem spiral....




Walk to Starbucks...








Emers...



I drew the girls into storybook characters...





We hung our new calendar...


Emers enjoyed his olives and fava beans in his new highchair....





Then liv took over...


They all went to separate quarters to watch different shows... Liv in the tent...



Ira on the bunk bed....


Liv passed out just before the ball dropped.... But Ira made it!!!

First time!


Then, thanks to the great idea from serendipitymama, we watched a 2010 slideshow... Soooooooo awesome to watch the year in review! We started with Emers birth....

This pic was so precious....


Ira only watched bits of it-


HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!


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Random scenes from last week....

Flapper....


Christmas toy love....


I drew a couple circles for Emers and Ira turned them into a pig...


Faerie treasure map...





Hidden faeries...


Treasure hunter....


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Christmas is NOT over!

That's what liv said.

Whether Christian and celebrating the 12 days of Christmas(epiphany) or pagan and celebrating the 12 days of Yule- she is correct!

The holiday spirit has NOT left our house, in any matter.

We put together some Christmas present puzzles... By twinkling lights...



Emers and his beloved birthday gift...





Hung the last of our cards...


Emers took his first nap not in my arms(or carrier)!!!! This is a seriously liberating thing here.


Ira playin with her faeries....


Then when Jared got home he got sucked into a puzzle with the girls....


Even when the girls moved on to sticker gingerbread houses... He pressed on.











His masterpiece....


The girls gingerbread houses...


We read a few of these stories, watched the grinch who stole Christmas and went to bed. Good day all around.


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Beach fun

We woke up to this...


But figured we would try anyway...
Glad we did! It was sunny.



They built faerie gardens and houses...






Drew castles...


Hung out...

















Looking at waterfalls...






New hats...





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