Well, that’s it. Week 52. The end of 2014! A whole year of collages and good memories including tons of new firsts and milestones for us as a family of four. This past week we celebrated Christmas, and it was magical. It was the first year that Liam really understood and was looking forward to Santa coming, and of course Lila’s very first Christmas. In true Karpiuk style there was DIY: I finished crocheting some matching holiday sweaters for the kids and we made salsa and brown sugar scrub to gift to family and friends. Liam counted down to Christmas Eve by putting up a cotton ball each day to make Santa’s beard fill up, …

Christmas is just around the corner, and right now we’re all sick. Hopefully we’ll be better in time for the holidays! This week we had an Ugly Sweater contest at work, but I only came in second. (First place was pretty fantastic.) Liam is really keen on drawing pictures of people these days, and he drew a picture of me. Pretty spot on, don’t you think? I asked him why I had green eyebrows, and he told me he wasn’t sure what color my eyebrows were so he chose green. Can’t argue with that! Winston got a haircut and Liam had a dentist appointment. Lila has begun standing on her own and even attempting two …

It’s week 50, and somehow we’re 2 weeks from the new year already, and even though it felt like Thanksgiving was last week, somehow Christmas is just around the corner. Liam got a pretty big shiner on the playground at school this week, and I made Lila a Rainbow Dash My Little Pony crochet toque. The kids had a holiday program at school and Liam danced on stage, which was fun to watch. My students celebrated an Hour of Code for Computer Science Education Week, and we dropped everything to code. They loved it! Liam is going through a pirate phase thanks to Jake and the Never Land Pirates, and even referenced Captain Hook in …