No answers. Just stories.
*This design was made for me by the fabulous Echo Day. I got mine for free, but you can get yours for $15. (She sends you the jpg and you print yourself).
This is step one of the Festivus Season, whereby I get through the time from February to April by overdoing everything. Plans for St. Patrick’s Day coming soon …
Da Momma: Elizabeth, a journalist and college instructor. Formerly a latte-slinging, cell phone-talking Washington political junkie. Now a wild-dancing accidentally offensive woman with an irrational passion for flinging things on the floor and hanging things from ceilings. Wants you to think she's a grown-up, even though she calls her Dad the minute things get complicated.
Baby Eden: The Schmoopy. My sweet little Three, who shrank instead of grew. But she's always had Momma's back.
Mary: Devoted to hermit crabs and FREAKING OUT. Made me a mother.
Karenna: Peekaboo Streak. The Roodle, Doodley. Everybody knows about Roo. Passionate about folk music. Some werewolf tendencies. Always looking for new employees. Sophisticated vocabulary
Cute Husband, Esq: A former Marine, it was he who instilled in our daughters a love of getting up very early in the morning to go off and do things. Some days he's lucky he's still alive.
Da Posse: Three friends, six years, eight kids. Because no one can ever see her own stuff. So you gotta get some friends who see yours and tell you about it. And then promptly forget it because they are easily distracted by shiny objects. Oooo. Shiny. The moms aren't in this shot. Nor three of the kids. Just use your freaking imagination.
Moonbeam and Sunbeam: Yes, okay, somehow or other they got the same sorta names as our cats, Moonlight and Sunshine. That was a total accident. However, like the cats, they are super-cuddly, will get food for themselves if hungry, and they're part of the family. Like the rest of the family, they believe in the power of liquor, drugs, and hot glue. They have no fear of blood.
The Beasties: Two cats. And some cacti that refuse to die. This is a picture of a fish we killed a long time ago. Need to update that.
Wow. I should do this… all of my christmas cards have been done, stamped and sitting on my bookcase. I wonder if I sent them out now would people think I was weird?!?! Beautiful cards, Liz!
My personal view is that you should send them. It’s a FESTIVUS MIRACLE!
Elizabeth, I LOVE the card. It’s beautiful. Cheryl, I just had to reply to your comment. Last year, I had a baby (our third) on December 12th. I had the Christmas cards ALMOST ready to go by mid-February and thought, “not so bad…new baby…understandable.” Then, I put them on my desk for safe-keeping and promptly forgot about them. I found them and sent them out in JULY with a brief note of explanation. I got so many wonderful letters, phone calls, and emails in reply. I got the cards out on time this year, and people were actually disappointed! Lesson learned: better late than never. MUCH better. Send ‘em!
Julie- This is a wonderful idea! I’ve always wanted to send out Easter cards, or something of the sort, because it is not Christmas or Valentine’s and no one really expects it. Now I’m going to make an extra effort to do so this year!
I always do stuff for the teachers on Valentine’s because at Christmas money and time are so tight. So this year we’re giving this as our Valentine, with little home made truffles.
Now, of course, I’ve revealed that to any of the teachers who read the blog. And if I don’t get it together for Velentine’s Day, either, everyone will know.
Oh! The blog!
Festivus for the rest of us!
Bring on the mylar glitter!
I have a stack of Christmas cards that I just finished getting ready… they are TOTALLY going in the mail today. This is not the first time it’s happened, and I have no children to blame it on: only grad school. Do it. People love it. You might get teased a bit… but you do hear from people and the important thing is loving and being loved no matter what time of year it is!
Good work! If they don’t appreciate it you weren’t going to please them anyway.
p.s.
I’ve been staring at the photo for a while… WHERE is Mare’s other leg???
Next to the other one, silly!
I see. The swirl of the skirt made me wonder if there was a leg lift involved, and I just couldn’t wrap my head around it. lol
The pictures are beautiful. It’s neat how each girl has something special captured. Mare’s gracefulness, Ren’s toughness, and Eden’s… well, her cute babyness. I’m sure she’ll have something in a few years to make her stand out, too, knowing your family!
I love the cards. Awesome!
Eden is just Schmoopily!
OMG! I love Ren’s pink cheeks! Adorable!
Ha. My in-laws don’t even pretend anymore and send out Groundhog’s Day cards
Beautiful card…
You’ve got me beat! I didn’t get the Christmas cards out this year so I threatened to send New Year’s cards. New Year’s is too close to Little Man’s birthday so I forgot yet again. Decided to create the tradition of MLK Day cards. That slipped by me so I gave up.