Family
Leona meets Snow
Welcome to Real Winter This was very windy day and an odd snow fall. Perhaps you should call it a sideways fall. Leona is at that age where she is fascinated by everything–even snow. Kevin is holding her up to see this blizzard-like snow that lasted a short while and did not leave much snow … Continue reading
Pictures & Picture books
A Picture is a Picture is a Picture Today’s activity will be selecting photos for my mixbook. I think the theme should be ‘first holidays’. I have the major holidays of Thanksgiving & Christmas, plus Halloween, New Years, Ground Hogs Day and Valentines Day. This picture was enhanced with a Collage app and is my … Continue reading
Leona does Yoga!
Some of the poses are natural to babies For winter, I have signed up for some Yoga classes to supplement my activities at home on the treadmill. It has either been too cold, wet, snowy or icy to ride a bike outside the past few weeks. I have been attending a beginning class, where they … Continue reading
Shades of the Past
Sometimes we create photos from the past As I was going through old photos to scan them as digital images, I came upon a photo where Cecelia was put into the corner of a chair and had headphones on. She looked like she was jamming to the music. (No baby was harmed in the making … Continue reading
Cecelia’s Birthday Celebration
The Birthday Day Celebration started with This We celebrated Cecelia’s birthday on the Saturday after the date. Since it was her celebration, we all came to her house, so she could relax in the evening. Mike and I arrived with the BBQ dinner and found Edgar visiting with Leona. This is also a rare photo … Continue reading
Will Leona follow in Cecelia’s Footsteps?
What will Leona do when she grows up? Yesterday, Cecelia, Leona and Roxanne came over to visit in the afternoon. Leona is still in the phase of spitting up and will go through many outfits in a day. Sometimes, it is a two outfit day and sometimes it is a three outfit day. This was … Continue reading
Daddy sings to Leona
Raffi Songs are a hit in the Doenges Household Kevin grew up hearing Raffi songs and continues the tradition. This video was taken on Christmas eve when we exchanged our presents.
Fox Christmas at The Land
Happy Boxing Day Boxing Day is traditionally a day following Christmas when wealthy people in the United Kingdom would give a box containing a gift to their servants. Today, Boxing Day is better known as a bank or public holiday that occurs on December 26, or the first or second weekday after Christmas Day, depending … Continue reading
Merry Christmas Eve
The Ever Moving Christmas Celebration This year, Christmas and New Year’s Day, are on Sunday. Technically, New Year’s Day is next year, but you know what I mean. Both the Fox and Doenges Families usually have their celebrations on the weekend between the two holidays and that can’t be done this year as the holidays … Continue reading
Rock Around the Christmas Tree
Animated Figures at Christmas time We have collected various items that make music, sing, dance or do all three. My Brother Dave had a Santa Claus figure that plays music and sings, “Jingle Bell Rock”. He is gone and I have inherited this Santa and put it out every year to remember him. Leona seems … Continue reading
