December 24, 2009

Our White Christmas


The sun is shining and the snow glistens in the sunlight.  It's quite different than it was last night when we returned to our home at Davenport Cottage after sharing the evening with the Bonnichsens.  I understand that it is just the lull in the weather before the next storm.

It has been so wonderful to listen to Aubrey play the piano and laugh and enjoy life.  Yesterday, she spent the day without her eye patch.  She was patient and pleasant as her little sister, Chloe, asked her a plethora of questions.  This is the Aubrey that I love to see.



Chloe is having a hard time waiting for the calendar to change to zero.  She is determined that she is going to open a present as soon as possible.  


She is adjusting to her new eye glasses.  She looks quite attractive, but the lettering on the lenses is quite annoying.  I've never seen anyone who cleans the lenses more often.  She keeps her lens cloth and cleaning solvent in the Sponge Bob Square Pants case that the optometrist so thoughtfully provided.





This has been a wonderful Christmas.  We've been able to enjoy both of our daughters and their families.  


I apologize for the quality of the pictures of Andi's family.  I had left my camera in the car and a frozen battery kept it from working.  These were taken with my cell phone.




December 23, 2009

Lexophile phoolishness

  •  A chicken crossing the road: poultry in motion.
  •  A thief who stole a calendar got 12 months.
  • Santa’s helpers are subordinate clauses.
  •  A backward poet writes inverse.
  • In a democracy it's your vote that counts; in feudalism, it's your Count that votes.
  • When she saw her first strands of gray hair, she thought she’d dye.
  • A lot of money is tainted: ‘Taint yours, and ‘taint mine.
  • A bicycle can't stand alone; it is two tired.
  • A will is a dead giveaway
  • A short fortune teller escaped from prison.
    He was a small medium at large.