Insta Friday: December 2, 2011

I missed last week, but I hadn’t taken that many pictures, so I am going to combine the two weeks here in one post.

Naomi and I now have a new daily ritual of coloring after her nap.  She reminds me about 1,579 times before her nap that we are going to color afterwards

I taught Abby and Elijah “rock, paper, scissors” and now they will just break out into a lively round every once and awhile.  The cutest is watching Isaiah come over and shake his fist to try and join in.

I love this picture my Dad got of me Skyping with my Grandma.  Technology is pretty incredible when you really stop and think about it.

We got our Christmas tree up quick this year because of Joe’s busy travel schedule.  Can you tell Abby helped with the lights?

This hot man was on the billboards around the city at the end of last week.  Unfortunately, it may be like the SI cover curse because he got hurt after that and is now out for a month.

More fun from the Ukrainian grocery store: this is how they display the carrots.  Hopefully that means they’re all natural!

Started our advent calendar yesterday.  This is our 5th straight year of using this one from Noel Piper and it is still a favorite with the kids.

Our oven here is one where you need to light it with a lighter.  But not only that, it has NO temperature control.  It looks like you should at least be able to control the size of the flame, but event hat doesn’t work.  So baking has been “interesting”.  Yesterday I finally won my first battle with that oven and produced something with no burnt parts!

Have a great weekend,