It's beginning to look like Christmas...

This morning we woke up to a beautiful coating of white. Ian was watching the snowflakes fall from the sky and told me the birds must be having a party. I wasn't sure what he meant and then I realized he saw the snowflakes as confetti.

I love seeing ordinary things through the eyes of our little guys.

Wayne got up early with Jonathan and took these pictures. We spent yesterday afternoon hanging the wreaths and ribbons--just in time for a real winter scene. This is a view of the house without the front porch and with our new door and sidelights.

Wayne has been working on painting the dining room--the last of the flowered wallpaper that came with the house is now covered. He did one wall at a time as his back allowed. Shortly after getting up with Jonathan and after taking pictures of the outside, Jonathan decided he needed more sleep. Wayne got to finish the last wall of the dining room without any help. (Though later in the afternoon one of the window sills did end up having a bit of yellow added... thanks to Jonathan!) (I'll try to get a picture of the newly painted dining room next time.)

I didn't do much with our alpaca fleece this week. I did spin some of the Babydoll wool and the merino top which I bought at Rhinebeck. I got another order for some gray yarn so yesterday I carded Mystifier's fleece and started spinning today. Hopefully, by the end of the evening I'll have another skein done and ready to wash/dry. I want to get it to the customer asap since she's making a scarf for her husband for Christmas. Maybe next year I'll have enough spun so I can make Christmas gifts with our yarn!

Ian loves to sing Christmas carols. His favorite is "pa rum pa pa pum" (The Little Drummer Boy). Tonight at the dinner table he insisted that we should pray "pa rum pa pa pum" before eating. He was quite put out that we did a non-singing prayer. He also goes around the house humming the music to Away in the Manger. When he gets to the words he knows, he belts out "The Little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay!!!" (then returns to humming the rest of the song).

Until next time...