Malcolm as Dinosaur Dentist

His First Ski lesson

Debra Lynn loves snow, and when we had this snow fall she started asking to have Malcolm over to play in the snow. For Christmas she gave him her old pair of skis that she and her brother used to use when they were growing up. Malcolm had not been very happy with the snow either since mostly it has meant that he has not been able to get to see his friends and his community, but he was thrilled to spend time with Debra Lynn, and she did seem open a whole new world to him with the skis. He loved skiing down the little hill between out houses, and it did rescue Christmas to me in a way. After getting stuck trying to get to a Christmas gathering and not making it, it was quite beautiful to see them skiing as the sun set and the moon rose on our quiet, snow-laden street.

Opening Presents

We had a sweet little Christmas overall, although I really do have to say that has been too white. We are all tired of getting stuck trying to get where we are going, and did not make the Christmas party later that day, but Malcolm did enjoy opening his gifts. Most of his gifts were made of natural wood.

Overall, Santa brought him wooden trains, and wooden food for his kitchen. The veggies that you can cut are a great hit with him. However; Santa did also bring him a rather odd green dinosaur that he can rde on and that makes strange noises etc. I am not quite sure about this dinosaur perhaps an errant elf snuck her in.

Snow Storm

Here is a picture of the snow storm, but I will add more because the snow got deep enough the cover the little orange wagon, and my legs up to my knees.

'Tis the Season

Here are pictures of Malcolm decorating the Christmas tree and making gingerbread cookies at home.

Malcolm and the Chickens

Malcolm loves his chickens, and he has gotten really good at helping me take care of them. However; things on the chicken front have really taken a bad turn as Portland faced the worst snowstorm, or really set of snow storms in the last 40 years. Chloe, my favorite little red hen was killed by a raccoon who also tried to get in the coop to finish the job with the last two yesterday, but I brought them into the house and safety. When are not covered in a ton of snow, Malcolm always checks their water and likes to stay outside playing with the chickens, watching them eat, and imitating the way their beaks move.

Ms. Sophie's Party

I was going to write about our blissful day after Thanksgiving at the beach before posting these pictures, but did not find the time to do it justice, and now of course I am sick again. In the days of sickness in the winter months, I think that it is best for me to just get the pics up as fast as I can, last year sickness kept me from posting for months and I still feel bad about that.

We did have a wonderful time at the beach though. We just went because Boo wanted to see the ocean. We went with Uncle Nathaniel( boo calls him Uncle Nanyel), we ate wonderful seafood, chased the tide, and flew kites until we were exhausted and cold. Malcolm loved like at the sea life including a visiting heron and jellyfish, but alas I left my camera behind that day.

Here are the pics from Ms. Sophie's b-day party. He is still talking about taking the max train through the tunnel with the light on and then getting out to see Sophie. Ok, I am going to get these pics posted so I can get back to taking care of my cold.

Thanksgiving kids

We had a lovely Thanksgiving this year, although of course we are still missing the Daddy who is in Kenya and very quiet.

In the morning Uncle Curtis came over with his parents for brunch. Nathaniel, Malcolm and I made a fritata, coffee cake, sausage and coffee. The chickens helped too by providing us with some nice fresh eggs for the fritata. Truth be told Uncle Nathaniel did more of the cooking and I did more of the talking, but no one should really be surprised by that.

Later we went over to Ms. Willie's for dinner with our church family. It was a lot of fun. Here is a picture of the children who were over for Thanksgiving dinner.