The holiday tree lighting routine

It's that time again:

Always prepared

The obsession over Coco accessing the basement now includes a wood block to ensure the door remains ajar. P.S. He got his first Chippie today. Future RIPs to future chipmunks. Run chippies run!

Important Wood Block Door Stopper:

Not a Bernie Note, but almost as funny

Emails from my mother in preparation for the annual Smith-Morzuch Family Spring Break:

On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 8:53 AM:

Hi,

Do you have an unbreakable shot glass?

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 11:12 AM:


Hi,

You took home one of my Dansko shoes. I have one of yours and you have one of mine. Please bring my shoe back tomorrow night.

Thanksgiving a bit late

Ham time!

Pesto in December

Sent home with handmade pesto. Bernie keeps meticulous records:

Holiday tree lighting

Horticulture battles

The X-Mas tree = a perpetual battle between Coco the Cat drinking the water from the stand, and Bernie filling the stand back up.

SPRING BREAK

 Well, why don't you put it in the washing machine?

I will soon be in Florida with Bernie and Cher. Hilarity will ensue.

Holiday Hams

OH MAN. Christmas hams.

Christmas Day 2001

Bernie likes to get my goat. As a NICU nurse, Cher used to have to work every other holiday. As a result, she would dictate everything that needed to be done the day of our party. Bernie added "2001" and the red underlining and accompanying stars. I seem to have added some choice response that Bernie later whited out AND saved. 

Christmas lists

Before our annual X-mas party, Cher whipped out a File of Hilarity. This has to have been from forever ago, since the last time I saw Bernie with Rolling Rock was about the same time they used to let me play in the empty beer boxes. The following Dear Santa letter was in said file  and must have been from circa 3rd grade when Mrs. Penniman taught us cursive (word up Wildwood!). I like the way EAM and ELM sign their names.