We’ve been cleaning up the backyard and cleared out a big, old banana plant. It had been blocking the sun to this little vine that was tucked in a corner.
Now that it gets sun – look at it! It’s not only growing like crazy but to our surprise it flowers too! Gorgeous. And it’s January! Back in Minnesota I certainly never had any blooming plants in January. I do love California.
The tree was up day after Thanksgiving. Why not? That way we can enjoy the pretty lights and colors for weeks. It’s just not worth all that hassle of digging everything out of storage, if its only going to be up for a few days or a week. If that was the case, then I may as well just take a photograph of my tree, blow it up to life size, and just put that out every year. So much easier!
One thing we did FINALLY add this year, were some hooks to hang the stockings by the fireplace! It sounds so simple, I know, yet three Christmas’s have gone by without getting around to doing it! This year it just HAD to happen with this being Max’s first Christmas. And so it did.
I love the sound of laughter. And I REALLY love the sound of Max’s laughter. The most random things will just crack him up. Like the morning when he was laughing and laughing and I had no idea why. Or when the orange fishy toy during a bath one day was the big hit.
Well on this day, Pixie was the subject matter of funny. And her smelling her own butt? REALLY funny. Boy humor of farts and butt jokes. It’s already started.
