after a month long absence

We are back into blogging all the witty and ridiculous things our daughter says - and a few of the witty and ridiculous things that God does. Like dump 2 feet of wet snow in one night on our little piece of geography. Did we mention that we had a car accident? Amazing what tiny little fragile snow flakes can accomplish regarding the steel framing of a car.
We've had the best Christmas yet and our tree was beautiful. Brendan went and cut it with a friend. Despite the fact that they had to cut the tip of the tree off (it was dead) and that the tree really likes to lean towards the fireplace, it was beautiful. I also didn't put the red/hot pink lights on it this year. Much improved.
Flannery has continued on her path towards ever more precocious verbage. The other day she informed me that she had "slept her eyes out". She also recently told her papa "Don't tease me! I'm fragile!" which I'm sure she heard in a movie or her Auntie Erin taught her or something...
I should mention too that I have decided that the Leap Frog Letter Factory dvd that we got her combined with the dry-erase letters and numbers Priddy Books are also well worth their weight in gold. If you have a preschooler - look em up.
I'll stop talking now and post pictures instead.