December 23, 2024

My oldest froze some water in a bucket to make an ice block.  He put it in the ice box to see how cold it gets.  The temperature has dropped some, but it's taking a while.  Maybe the block isn't big enough.
 

December 22, 2024

We made some 3D printed toys this week.  The "ice cream" spiral slides in and out, and the star is a sort of gyroscope.
 

December 21, 2024

 

December 20, 2024

There is a holiday light show at the fairgrounds this year.  We got to drive around a lot of animated light setups, plus a few trees like this one.  It had flashing white sparkles throughout the tree too.  It was fun and we hope they continue to do it each year.
 

December 19, 2024

We  bought another set of bubble lights for the tree.  These have more colors on the lower part.
 

December 18, 2024

We got a little bit of snow.  The rain melted it all later but it looked Christmas-y for a little while.
 

December 17, 2024

These two plants seem really happy at this window.
 

December 16, 2024

The tree already looks like Santa came.
 

December 15, 2024

Got our tree up today.
 

December 14, 2024

I got the plants from an arrangement separated into their own pots.
 

December 13, 2024

My son was given this hat (ugly Christmas sweater hat?) at work.  It has bright LED lights which blink at seizure-inducing rates.  I didn't know this was a thing- or maybe it isn't, I'm not sure.
 

November 12, 2024

 

November 11, 2024

 

December 10, 2024

 

December 9, 2024

My husband has a start on present wrapping.
 

December 8, 2024

Our new vent is up.  It's a bit noisy but seems to work.
 

December 7, 2024

We went through the blimp hanger for the toy donations today.  They moved the collection area to the end this time.  I think it worked better as the last part of the wait was inside the hanger so we could gawk more.
 

December 6, 2024

 

December 5, 2024

We had the first hard snow of the season.  Our mailbox has already taken a hit from the snowplow going by.  We'll have to bend it back when the weather's a little bit better.
 

December 4, 2024

 

December 3, 2024

My daughter got a spider plant last year at the fair.  It's grown and we finally got it into a hanging pot.  It's in the dining room for now.
 

December 2, 2024

I bought everyone a Christmas shirt. I figured it would be better to give it to them at the beginning of December.
 

December 1, 2024

The advent calendar has been started.  As for the pumpkin pies we tried today, everyone seemed to like the cushaw pie.