The Krystal Gnome

Matt's mom makes gorgeous christmas decorations every year - here's Syd with her adorable "Krystal Gnome," the gnome of all the things that grow in the earth, according to the story card. Just beautiful!

Post-Thanksgiving Get-Together

I had SUCH a great time yesterday spending time with Matt & Sarah, Alison & family, and Shannon & family. The kids (7 of 'em!) got along amazingly well, and we enjoyed good wine and good food (thanks everyone!). We're going to try to make a date for a winter break get-together, too...Anne, Brittany, Nancy - hope you can make it then!!

Dr. Wallace brought out his beautiful bug collection for the kids - how cool. And Evan had no lack of girlfriends to entertain him (evidence below).

I'm so glad we've been keeping our little after Thanksgiving mini-reunion tradition going.

Sydney's 7th Birthday

"Shake, shake, shake your shakers"

Evan and I are in our second session of "baby music" classes with Kath Bloom at the Artwell Gallery in Torrington.  Kath is wonderful and Evan LOVES the class.  His reaction to her singing and guitar playing is amazing - hopefully I will remember to give my camera to one of the other moms to snap a few shots before the session is over.  

Kath is a really neat person, and has written some really beautiful lullabies and kids tunes. At the end of every class, she sings a song she wrote called "Bye Bye Baby Bye," which gets me a little teary every week - the lyrics are just beautiful.  

So we had to get Evan his own shakers for home.  He loves them - he holds them high up in the air and goes to town!!

The title of this post is a link to Kath's myspace page, where you can check out a clip from the movie "Before Sunrise" with Ethan Hawk - the scene is built around Kath singing her song "Come Here."

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