December 2008

Even though it was the middle of the winter, I was sewing summer clothes because we were going to go to India in January
 

    
We got quite a bit of snow and thought it was fun
On our walks we hardly got away from our building
 



Liisa made snow angels
 
 



There was enough to sled
(just a few days ago I had gotten a sled, David laughed and said that there wouldn't be enough snow, that in Seattle it never snows that much)



 
In between sledding we went to cafes to have a mug of chocolate to warm up


 
Then it snowed more and more. In fact public transportation didn't come to Capitol Hill, you couldn't get a paper, they didn't bring fresh bread or vegetables to the stores. You could see people sledding on major streets because they were impassable for cars
 




 
We went grocery shopping by sled
 


 
If people thought that was a lot of snow, they were soon proved that that was just a pittance 
 



Seattle was a winter wonderland







 

 
Liisa and David went to a children's museum with Alex, Iris and Prospero. I went to Estonian Lace knitting class with Anna in the meantime. I just had to take Estonian Lace class being that I am Estonian and all. And it was fun.  Nancy Bush is a great teacher.

In the children's museum they had a room with sand 
 




and a great big bear



 
A Liisa heaven!


 
I sewed a dress for Liisa



Liisa sewed a dress for her bear
 


Meanwhile Christmas came and went and it was still covered in snow




In her stocking Liisa got a book



 
And in the evening we had a nice little Christmas dinner with Faith 
 


Liisa helped prepare the dessert


 
 

 
There were chocolate lava cakes with strawberries and whipped cream
 

 
Later there were presents under the tree
 





 
There were portraits 
 


 
Some were successful and some a bit less so
 






 
And on the Christmas day the snow had melted enough that we went to Olympia to David'd parents




 
The snow started melting a bit but there was still plenty
 

  






 
And then the year was over.