Joyce

It’s Snowing!

Just for fun, I created a picture online with the kids help. Sometimes, the teacher needs to be the student.

We are enjoying the snow and hoping for enough to go sledding soon.

Christmas Concert

Daddy’s band played at the Lerner theater over lunch. It was fun to listen to some Christmas music and relax from our busy day.

We usually wait until mid December–once it is cold and snowy out–to go look for our Christmas tree. This year we decided to look while Mark was still home for Thanksgiving. It was so nice when we went that jackets were optional!

We always look for a tree that is at as tall as Mark. At first we thought we would not find a good tree again this year. Many of the trees were lopsided or dry looking. However, Megan and Adrian found one!

Megan was excited to discover that Santa was around. She enjoyed being able to ask for snow and then was given a candy cane. She managed to persuade all of the kids to come talk to Santa.

When “Bob, age 18” (Audrey) asked for snow, Santa said “snow is already taken” and would not let the kids ask for it again. She replied with “something better than coal?” Santa told her that she had to work harder to get that. Adrian asked for wider chimneys while Mark requested taller door frames. Andrea asked for ice cream.

They informed Santa their goal was to make him smile and they hope that he had a wonderful day. I think the children succeeded.

Sweetgum Leaf

There are still a few beautiful leaves to be found! Andrea brought this one home from our neighbor’s yard.

Playing with Light

While I don’t enjoy it getting dark so early, I love the extra time to experiment with ideas.

First Snow

November Monarch

One of Audrey’s November Monarchs.

Dinner Spices

Getting the spices ready for dinner.

Playing

The kids enjoyed playing with the neighbors today.

I have been wanting to play with composites and the kids helped me with this idea. It is not great, but it is a fun start.

Five Medals 2017 part 2

Five Medals is a fun way to converse with many different people. It is also a great place to practice different photography styles. I tried some candid “street shots”, just taking pictures of whatever caught my eye. I also interacted with people more before taking pictures. While I enjoyed talking and learning a lot of new stories, I often forgot to take the pictures after! Oh well, I guess I still have a lot to learn.

If you are interested in going next year, the tentative dates are October 20-21!