happy (belated) christmas & a december catch-up

Christmas has come and gone, and as we approach the New Year I was reminded of how poor a job I’ve done recently with this blog…so can you guess what one of my resolutions is for 2013?

Before we leap into “Best of’s” and “Year in Review” and “resolutions”, I ought to catch you up on the past month. The first weekend of December M, B & I went into NYC for some Christmas Tree viewing, shopping, and a fun night out. Let it be in writing that this was the first weekend in NYC I have actually enjoyed in YEARS. KO came to visit for awhile which was absolutely wonderful, took another weekend in NYC to museum hop & brunch & lunch in Chelsea. Then, after a blur of holiday assemblies, Hanukkah dances & stories, immigrant journals, ice skating and holiday parties…we all left for two weeks off. Me, back to Philly & then Chicago. On Sunday, I’ll make my way to DC for New Years!

So here’s a catch-up of this past month in pictures…

m, me & b in nyc

the tree!!

chelsea market lights

kids getting into the holiday spirit on their hw

kevin durante's shoes made into a share!

ice skating with my hockey boys!

m & her gals

the art of scent exhibit in nyc - SO cool!

german christmas bar in nyc - xmas light heaven

personal pizza night makes it to CT...yumm

more ice skating <3

apprentice secret santa exchange

immigration day for the third day! we did a mock ellis island experience for the kids, citizenship test & all

welcomed back to chicago with greens & reds all over the skyline!

home!

three of four woods!