The advent calendar we’re using this year. I bought it last year on sale. It really helps Riley know when christmas is coming. Last year, before she really knew her numbers I bought paperwhite and told her when they bloomed it would be christmas, and they bloomed right on xmas day! - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
I know this is silly, but I am really excited to get a christmas card from President Obama. I wrote him a letter telling him I still believed that he was doing the right thing. I can’t tell if the signatures were made by a machine or not, but they probably were. People are being accused of treating Obama like Jesus, but I do really like the Obamas... - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
Today it was screaming cold so we decided to stay in and decorate the tree. Our closing date is christmas week, so we thought we’d just hold off on a tree until then. My mother gave me this charlie brownesque fake christmas tree. While moving things I thought we’d just bring it up for the kids to decorate. Riley is going crazy that there wasn’t a... - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
I realize I’m a day behind for the december photo project, so here is Riley and I getting ready to go to the nutcracker with my mom. Shame I didn’t get one of all three of us, but Mom wasn’t in the mood anyway. We had such a good time. - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
Just got done sending out these xmas cards. So cute! I love this movie. I need 10 more stamps and I’ll be all done. I didn’t do anything extra like a photo of the kids or a letter because moving is hard. All of my usual stuff is packed away…anyway. Love these cards. - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
This is what our street looks like after the blizzard. The other half of the street the lights broke, it’s a wonder some are still lit. Tom took this photo while foraging for food. Panda House is always open. - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
Riley at the nutcracker. This year was very different from the original play. For the last hour and half they just had a ‘celebration’ and she got antsy during it. Otherwise just wonderful. We sat up front and had a great time. My mom came with us and spoiled us rotten. Last year Riley wanted to go with her dad, so going with her and my mother... - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
Riley and her friend Leven eating a snack before the blizzard. Riley looks just like me, and Leven like her mother, so if we had been friends from childhood this is what we would have looked like. Skeptical all over the place, covered in pink. - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
Crystal ornament tradition, copied from a beloved mentor. This year’s addition.
It may be a bit hard for me to participate in the December photo project since everything christmas-y will be wrapped up until we move the week of christmas (yes, we’re insane thanks for asking) but…here we go! - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...
Not my photo, but Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo’s. They had it up before thanksgiving, but it cracked me up to think of Santa in shark tank. Ho ho ho! - http://shawnafoster.tumblr.com/post...