Girls Gone Punk

All three girls got haircuts yesterday. Kate and Claire got an extra treat of color at the end. Fun!










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2011 Favorite Books

I read a fair bit in 2011. Here's a roundup of my favorite books:

• "The Tiger's Wife" by Tea Obreht
• "The Marriage Plot" by Jeffrey Eugenides
• "Just Let Me Lie Down" by Kristin Van Ogtrop
• "The Kitchen Daughter" by Jael McHenry
• "What Alice Forgot" by Liane Moriarty
• "Bossypants" by Tina Fey
• "State of Wonder" by Ann Patchett
• "Hunger Games", "Catching Fire", "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
• "The Source of All Things" by Tracy Ross
• "Blood, Bones and Butter" by Gabrielle Hamilton
• "The Pioneer Woman: Black Heels to Tractor Wheels" by Ree Drummond
• "Falling Apart in One Piece" by Stacy Morrison
• "Room" by Emma Donoghue
• "Glass Castle" by Jeanette Walls
• "Half Broke Horses" by Jeanette Walls

The Perfect Hot Cocoa to Marshmallow Ratio

The girls' favorite movie of December is Rio, an animated flick about a parrot who drinks hot cocoa. He waxes poetic about the perfect hot cocoa to marshmallow ratio, and Kate picked up on this quote after just a few viewings. And then insisted that she also get to experience the perfect ratio.

As a result, Kate and Claire had hot cocoa and marshmallows in the living room while reading books between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

They love it, so it's a tradition that I think we'll keep up with.