Happy Holidays!

Elf Yourself

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/view/yKdGDh7jvhPpFyCU

Crossing the Headboard Project of My List

Over the weekend, I told Brian that all I wanted for Christmas

was for us to finish making a headboard for our bed. He didn't take

my not-so-subtle hint so I did it myself this afternoon.

Although the rest of the room is definitely a work-in-progress,

I love how the headboard looks!!

I guess Brian is going to have to go to Plan B for

my Christmas gift this year!

First Snow of Winter 2009-2010

And Tucker's first snow EVER!! I think he would say "it's delicious!"

Our neighbors to the left (in the photo) warned us that they go bananas at Christmastime with decorations. He has been working on making 4-feet tall wooden letters to spell out (and illuminate) their 2 grandsons' names. You can see "Drew" in the front yard.

That's not embarrassing at all for a 12 year old, is it?

Family First Saturday at the Art Museum

Today we went to the art museum for Family First Saturday Holiday Extravaganza. They had lots of crafts and we did every one of them! Before we left, Georgia asked if she could "add details" to her jeans. We found a pair with some worn knees, gave her the fabric markers and let her go to town. She was very excited and proud of her creation.

Art of Musical Maintenance Art Show in Portland

Brian is once again participating in the 6th annual Art of Musical Maintenance art show at the GoodFoot in Portland Oregon.

In the photo above, you can see Brian's Swine Flew poster for Wilco. His other 4 posters are surrounding that poster.

You can check out this link for more info

and view his work up close.
http://thegoodfoot.com/gallery/

More images here - scroll down the page to view.
http://www.gigposters.com/forums/gallery-shows/99621-art-musical-maintenance-vi-goodfoot-4.html

Brian is nominated for the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards!!!!

Brian is a finalist in the Design: Band Venue Poster category for the 2009 Annual Independent Music Awards!

We are so excited for him!!

This is his nominated poster. Those who are familiar with Cincinnati will understand the flying pig reference as well as the city skyline at the bottom of the poster.

You can click this link to see the other nominees. Please VOTE!!!
http://www.musiciansatlas.com/imafinalist/Default.aspx?maincat=8&yr=2010&scat=26#tp

This link will take you to the judges page. There are some pretty fantastic people involved.
http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/judges/9th-annual-ima-judges/

Shrinky Dinks Art Show

Brian was invited to participate in a Shrinky Dinks art show in Utah and the organizer extended an invitation to Georgia, as well. Here they are:

Lucy by Brian

Chicken and a Chick by Georgia

Decking the Halls

Kindly ignore our dirty windows as you admire the wreath that Georgia and I just made using some 12-gauge floral wire and 2 boxes of ornaments from Ikea. It cost me all of $12 and about 15 minutes for some holiday sparkle.

I was inspired to simplify a project originally posted by a very popular blogger, Eddie Ross. He utilized a wire hanger, hot glue + gun and mulitcolored ornaments. I fortunately (by dumb luck, to be honest) chose ornaments that did not require gluing. And I do not use wire hangers so I purchased floral wire and wrapped it around a large bowl to approximate a circle. My wire, though, was mre flexible than that of a wire hanger, so the shape is not as firm as it could be.

I highly recommended this simple project, especially with the ornaments that did not require the use of a glue gun (which I do not own). With a little help from G, I completed this project in about 15 minutes. I still want to find a pretty bow to cover the unsightly wire hanger that I managed to rig up in my hast to take the photo.

Here are the original instructions from Eddie Ross:

http://www.eddieross.com/eddie_ross/2008/12/no-wire-hangers-well-maybe-just-one.html

Enjoy: Muppet Rhapsody

Parents' Day at School

Today was Parents Day at Georgia's school. After a welcome reception and greeting from Mr. Hollander, we went to her classroom where the children introduced their guests then sang a few songs for us. Afterward, we went to the library to make a book then back to the classroom to share another book they'd made as well as collect some artwork. Georgia was also excited to play waitress for us with the cookies and hot cider. We ended the day with the kids in the gym, watching a comedian/juggler/magician/puppeteer.

Congratulations, Brian!!

One of Brian's first graduate classes has already

ended and he earned an A-!!

Great job, Big Daddy!! Keep up the good work!!

Ballet: Parent Observation

Brian and I observered Georgia's ballet class tonight. Very fun.

She is as enthusiastic as you would imagine.

These photos are from Brian's cell phone. The ballet had told us that you weren't allowed to take pictures so we didn't take the camera. However, several parents had cameras and there was no problem. We will have to settle for these and the memories.

Who Dey!!!

The Happy Homeowner

Thanks, Burgoons! The vacuum/leaf blower was a great housewarming gift!

Tucker = Soccer Star

Friday Afternoon

Kindergarten Photo

We will share professional copies from the package but if you would like a larger photo than what we have chosen for you, please let me know and I can direct you to the photographer's site so you can order that. We will have wallets, as well, if you would like one of those. (We aren't sure what to do with those. Sort of silly for kindergarten!)

Post-Bath Freak-Out

Tucker's First Bath (at our house)