A Quiet Morning in Bo

It stopped raining!!!

Boylee Loves This

Maybe Papa will say this is the first step in interesting Boylee in jazz: a ragtime, stride piano interpretation of some of his favorite tunes.

Front Toothless

Or, as Boylee prefers: The Hunt for the Missing Tooth!

Attention, Students

Our principal is the Huffington Posts's Greatest Person of the Day!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/13/huffpost-greatest-person-karin-newlin_n_796204.html#s206624

Check it out -- there's some nice info about the school and some new pictures of the campus.

About the Pants

They grey ones are a little long, and the green and blue ones are as short as the ones he's just grown out of! What happened??? But while I was wondering, Boylee got quite offended -- he LOVES the length of the green and blue ones, DETESTS the length of the grey ones and was entirely pissed that I was even mentioning the subject. Okay, case closed! He has always been happy wearing highwater pants and in fact has about zero interest in fashion of any kind. He is more concerned that the pants are soft and comfortable and allow lots of movement. So, a success.

That Time of Year Again

Boylee has been growing non-stop, so he definitely needs some new pants. I didn't follow the fancy-pants pattern from last year. I went back to my old standby, modifying this pattern that I've been using for years. My sewing machine doesn't deal with stretchy jersey very well so my stitches are very crooked, but luckily I'm not a perfectionist and neither is Boylee.

The Best Present

Chanukah went out with a bang, and Boylee loved his last present: a kalimba.
He's been playing it pretty much non-stop ever since he got it.

Card Swap!

We signed up for a holiday card swap last year and had a grand time -- we sent out homemade cards to nine other families and got nine cute homemade cards back in return. Most of our swapees were around the US but a couple were overseas.

We decided to participate again this year, and here are the places we'll be sending cards: Germany, Ohio, Australia x2, Singapore, Tennessee, Minnesota, Florida, Montana and Indiana. Boylee doesn't love doing the cards so much, but he loves receiving cards from kid strangers from all around the world!

Chanukah!

The first night of Chanukah was a smash hit. First Boylee lit the menorah, then we feasted on latkes and applesauce. And after dinner, his present:

It's very cool to have a kid who loves to read so much. He was VERY, VERY happy with his new book.