At home with Malcolm and Nora - go home

Monday, December 24, 2007

Merry Christmas!


xmas-card-2007.jpg
Originally uploaded by deirdre_mama.

Our holiday card this year involved little Photoshop (unlike previous years when heads were swapped around) -- just the removal of a pen tucked into Guy's shirt. We took the picture a few weekends ago in our front yard.

Happy Holidays from Malcolm, Nora, Deirdre and Guy. Wishing you a great 2008!

Sunday, December 23, 2007

A Gift of Sheep: Shear Joy!

heifer international

We've made a gift of a sheep through Heifer International on behalf of the Sullivan Family.

Entire communities depend on wool and meat from sheep. Struggling families use sheep's wool to make clothes, or sell it for extra income. Sheep often give birth to twins or triplets and can graze even the hilliest, rockiest pastures unsuitable for other livestock.

Some Heifer families use managed grazing techniques or zero-grazing pens to protect the environment and collect manure for fertilizer, which improves soil and pasture land.

Warm in winter, cool in summer, waterproof and durable - wool is a valuable product that struggling families can use for clothing or sell for extra income.

All over the world, Heifer partners are raising sheep to advance the cause against hunger and poverty.

Saturday, December 15, 2007

4 of 8 Spider-Men


4 of 8 Spider-Men
Originally uploaded by deirdre_mama.

We're catching up on some photo posting today -- from Halloween to Thanksgiving. Also, some of you have asked to be able to get email notifications when we update, so we've added an email subscription option to the left. Check it out!

Ms. Savage's class at the Halloween parade


Ms. Savage's class at the Halloween parade
Originally uploaded by deirdre_mama.

Malcolm's kindergarten class ready to go.

Balboa Park


Balboa Park
Originally uploaded by deirdre_mama.

Thanksgiving Day we went for an outing at Balboa Park not far from Nana and Pop's. Nora was a bit camera shy that day.

Paddle boating on Lake Balboa


Paddle boating on Lake Balboa
Originally uploaded by deirdre_mama.

Malcolm did a great job helping to paddle.

Thanksgiving night on the couch


Thanksgiving night
Originally uploaded by deirdre_mama.

Wish we could say it was the tryptophan... too much excitement!