Just to round out the year, here's what we've been up to:
Ela loved being in the children's choir, as witnessed by her napping, surrounded by sheet music.
After a grueling push at work (crazy project schedules on top of a difficult professional development class), our holiday vacation began on Friday, December 20. We had circled that date on our calendar for several months and were overjoyed to be greeted with a much-needed snowfall that morning.
The Mayor was delighted to take his first puff on his very own hobbit pipe, a gift from a friend who knows him well.
