Adventures at The Bunny Manse

My selfie game is weak sauce.  That's Margot and The Sneak asleep on Harris in my room. Next up, 60 degrees on Christmas morning in matching jammies on the porch   My birthday, we went to Scratch and Madeline had a donut muffin. True love lasts forever.  Christmas eve sisters being loving and cute

Took advantage of global warming to clean our yard and porch. Harris cleaned out the summer kitchen. For some reason, we had three bags of charcoal. We don't own a charcoal grill. A bunch of other stuff on the curb, in the trash, in the recycling bin. Madeline and I used the leftover trim paint on the benches that Harris made last year from the bedframes left in the house when we purchased it.   Margot napped. And played. And pinched and screamed at Madeline for not letting her run into the street. Then they shared a granola bar and we're ok again. Madeline and I also scrubbed, sanded, and spray painted the ice cream parlour chairs I bought last year while Harris was in rehab. I don't know what went wrong. we scrubbed and sanded until there was no more rust, then when we started spray painting, the paint started flaking even more. It's very odd. This will get them through the summer and we'll work on them again this spring. ...

Madeline woke up, stretched, yawned...and then I saw her eyes dilate. The realization that it was Christmas morning washed over her! She ran through the hallway and looked over the banister. MOMMY! There is tree wrapping paper! there wasn't tree paper last night! SANTA HAS BEEN HERE! We all went downstairs and marveled at the tree and presents. Harris got me both champagne and coffee for the morning's adventure. A majority of Madeline's presents are still necessities. This year, it included a rain coat and rain boots that will last her 2-3 years, new pajamas, tights, rubber bands for her hair, and a pair of tennis shoes. She also received a couple of new lego sets, a build a fort kit, playdoh, thrift store dresses, and an American girl doll she has named Julie. Margot received a couple of toys, a classic stacker, shape sorter, and push elephant. One day this year she will be old enough to play with them.

Our little girls!

 Madeline got to cut the branches off of the bottom of the tree this year, then Harris and I planted it in the front room.  

The beginning of exterior christmas decorations.    We found my grand champion spades tournament chain... so now it must grace the wreath on the front door.  Madeline as kid holding picture of Madeline as baby.