My first sudoku

Just me and my da


Anna is really good at sudoku, and both girls are very clever-- too clever, perhaps-- at crossword puzzles.

Plug in and tune out

We got headphones.

Christmas morning at our house

Traditions

John was the only one who could not quite keep it together for the annual Rowland family self-timer portrait.



Three years in a row, son. 

Merry Christmas

It was a merry Christmas where we were.







 

Good news, Grandpa

This one turned out.  This one.

Caroling at Cloudgate

We met Grandpa at Millennium park for caroling at Cloud Gate.  We have been several times before, but this was particularly fun.  We were especially challenging to photograph, however. 

Christmas Eve treats

Beignets for snack!



It was a pajama day for us.  

Letters to Santa: 21st century edition

The letter from the children is genuine, provoked by a persistant anxiety of a strange bearded man with the apparent permission to break-and-enter and the magic ability to do so without warning.

Gingerbread house of ill repute

Although each year it looks slightly more put together, doesn't it.

Look out, Pepys

Julia is becoming a diarist.

Dinnertime

If you don't want your meals prepped by a three-year-old wearing a swimsuit and wielding a knife,

best not come to dinner at our house.

Omnivores

How a carnivore eats his salad.


I'm a hunter at heart.