And for some reason- we always seem to be eating!

-En is enjoying a dish of ice cream and -An is finishing off  his blueberry pancakes- YUMMY!

Yesterday, we made soft multigrain pretzels- Aidan helped me shape them and then he very graciously helped in the eating of them!

They looked and smelled wonderful…

And they tasted even better!  I got the recipes from a suggestion of another friend’s blog.  Jill mentioned them and we decided to make them -here’s the link to the recipe– it says it makes 12 but we only got 9.  And they disappeared to quickly it seems like we only got 5.

This morning we had blueberry pancakes-

made with the berries Luke and Willow picked last July.

“What’s this?  Oh, a bloooberry!”

He ate his two pancakes- and part of Gramma and Gramps pancakes as well!

We’ve been kept busy with lots of fun things to do!

Lots of fun!

Lots and lots of fun!

Gotta go- much fun on the horizon!

I told you about the tea we had at The Sailors’ Rest.

And I showed you pictures and shared the menu and a recipe.

Here is another tea I went to recently, in Columbus.

Meredith bought Aidan this great turtle towel at Pony Tails in Chincoteague.

She bought him a HUGE stuffed turtle in Hawaii and he loves it, so when she saw this towel she just picked it up and bought it!

And Aidan loves teapots!  Really, really loves them.

So we found him an aluminum teapot and added some Asparagus biscuits and you have a tea party.

Did I forget to mention how much he loves to peel Clementines?

So- towel, tea, biscuits and tangerines.

These all added up to a great tea!  Especially when you add Aidan, Grandma and Willow to the equation.

Because we had a LOT of fun.

  It’s Sunday, December  27th.  We said goodbye to Grandpa and Jojo.

And then we went out to the lighthouse

and out to the beach.

And then for a quick stop to pick up some seafood at Ricky’s-

which meant we passed the giant Viking on Ridge Rd.

This morning in Chincoteague.

To say we are having a great time is an understatement.

Aidan and Willow and I made gingerbread cookies on Christmas day.

And JoJo!  He made a cookie with a little help from his nephew.

Aidan announced the part of the anatomy he was going to eat right before he bit into it.  “Head.”

“Hand.”

“Foot.”                                            “Two feet.”

He had a lot of help decorating…

but the eating part just came natural!

From all of us!

Luke, Willow, Aidan, Heidi, Frank and Jordan!

Here is a picture of my paperwhites- blooming faithfully away!

It’s blurry.

My life feels blurry right now.  Too much to do- not enough time-

and I’m sick and tired. 

I’ve been trying to keep up with it all, but honestly, I don’t think I’m even in the race anymore.  Cynthia and I made cookies and Quiche this week-  we made the quiches today- 8 of them for Christmas giving.  For enjoying on Christmas morning. 

Fuzzy headed people with earaches and bad headaches should find a warm corner to sit in and drink tea.  Yesterday I went to Allyson’s and did just that.  And watched “The Bishop’s Wife” and played with Aiden . 

I am going to look for a warm corner and drink some chamomile tea, now.

But first,  look at the cute slippers I made for Aidan!

I put octopi on the top instead of pom-poms!  They make me smile when I look at them- but I’m thinking he will probably pull them off of the slippers, forthwith.

I’m too tired to write today.  So I will give you the joy of a couple of pictures I took of Allyson and Aidan at lunch today!

Allyson:  “Hi, Aidan!  Look what I can do!”

Aidan” “Wow !  That is cool!  I want to do that, too!”

Aidan: ” Oh, no!  My hands are too small- I can’t see through my little fists!”

Allyson:  ” Here let me show you again!  I love the hat, btw, may I borrow it ?”

Aidan : “At least now I can see!  And watch out for that hat- because when you pull it off – your hair is full of static!

See what I mean?!”

Allyson: ” Oh yeah, I get it- I mean, I GOT it!

That’s OK- I’ll just cover up my head completely.”

Aidan:  ” Grandma, I think Allyson has had too much tea and sugar!”

Allyson: “I don’t know What you are talking about!”