January Begins

Snow play is clearly more exhausting than it used to be

Ahhh… January.  I know we are fully into January at this point - closer, in fact, to mid-January than we are to the beginning of January as the title of this post might suggest.  But this past week has been the first one that has truly felt like we are starting a new year - settling back into a routine; looking forward; and incorporating some new or tweaked practices.  My dear friend Erin told me that she likes to pick a word for the year, rather than set specific goals or resolutions.  I ruminated on that for a bit, and found a word that seemed to resonate with me for right now: intention.  I have been trying that one on for size this last week, and I think it will be a good guide to try and live by for the coming months.  Anyone else have words or goals they want to share?

I don't have all that much for you this week - there is much less, it would seem, to fill a blog post when the fairies aren't coming daily, and there are no grand events for which to prepare.  But we did have some fun in amongst the new routine….

SNOW! The storm brought us a beautiful dump of snow - enough to (mostly) cover the hills of the Woods Hole golf course. We had a grand sliding party.

Liz and Ben channel their inner child and join us on our sliding adventure

 KNITTING!  Yes!  Knitting can be THAT exciting.  At least it can when it's a brand new skill, anyway.  Juniper got a couple of knitting towers for Christmas, and we finally took them with us on a girls night, and taught ourselves how to use them.  Juniper actually took to it surprisingly quickly - I only had to show her once, and then she was able to keep going completely independently.  She has so far knit a scarf for her doll, Honey, (this is what she is working on in the picture), and is currently working on a bracelet for her dad.

A natural knitter

 MORE PRESENTS! A gift arrived in the mail yesterday from Judith and Simon, which included these adorable kid-sized hand puppets.

"Oh, Hello little fellow…"

And finally, a few little video clips.  Happy friday!