Year in Review - 2007

Rather than write a really long letter in our Christmas cards, we decided to give the whole year in review here. (That way you only have to read it if you really want to.)

And rather than post the whole thing in the blog here, we created pages for each month. Just click the links below to read about each month (and see the pictures). Comments are welcome!

January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September (coming soon)
October (coming soon)
November (coming soon)
December (coming soon)

Dinner, ogre style

For dinner we took a trip to the swamp and had a "Shrek" dinner. This included:

• lily-pads (spinach tortillas)
• swamp water with tadpoles (sugar-free green jello with shredded apples)
• rocks (rolls)
• frog eggs (peas)
• mealy worms (brown rice)
• fried frog legs (strips of chicken, marinated with green food coloring, oil, vinegar, garlic and basil)

The kids weren't completely sure at first, but eventually decided it tasted pretty good. Katelyn even wanted leftovers the next morning! See more pictures of the food here.

Nativity with kids

We have been getting out all the Christmas decorations. Jacob especially loves the "Little People" nativity set we got for them last year.

Of course, having a nativity set that they can play with has led to some new versions of the story. Jacob thinks that instead of going to Bethlehem on a donkey, Mary and Joseph got there in Deigo's rescue vehicle.

Katelyn really likes the Rauchermaenner (Smoker men) that we have on the mantel. She has asked many times for us to make them "steam". Jacob doesn't know what that means, but has decided he doesn't like it. So, every time she asks, he says, "Don't make them steam at me; that scares me!"