scenes from the weekend

1. Baked peanut butter Hershey kisses cookies and ate way too many of them.
2. Pretty Christmas dish towels I just received as a gift.
3. Relaxing and reading the Brothers Karamazov.
4. Sealion exposing his soft white tummy.
5. Our Christmas tree.
6. Sealion in his bed that Tim's mom gave him. He loves to lay in it and stare out the window.
7. Wrapped a bunch of gifts in engineering plans from Tim's work.
8. The lovely, festive interior of the Mt. Washington Tavern, where we ate dinner tonight.

christmas tree day

One of my favorite days of the year is Christmas tree day; it is glorious.

We cut our Christmas tree down the weekend before last. We chopped one down last year, and want to make it a tradition every year.

This year, we went out to Thomas' Tree Farm up in Manchester, MD, which is about an hour away, but it was certainly worth it. It was freezing, but sadly, unlike last year, it was not snowing. Because we have a bigger living room this year, we were able to afford a larger tree. It was a lovely day, especially since we ate at Five Guys on the way and watched Holiday Inn after we decorated. :)

Five Guys had Birch Beer as a selection in their fountain sodas!