Why I don't sing Alex to sleep

Singing Christian to sleep goes something like this:

"Hush little Christian don't say a word
Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird
If that mocking bird don't sing
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
Mama's gonna buy you a silver mine*
If that silver turns to brass
Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass
If that looking glass gets broke
Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat
If that billy goat don't pull
Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull
If that cart and bull rolls over
Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover
If that dog named Rover don't bark
Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart
If that horse and cart breaks down
You'll still be the sweetest baby in town
So hush little Christian don't say a word...."

Singing Alex to sleep goes something like this:

"Hush little Alex don't say a word..."

"I don't like that. It's hush little baby"

"Okay. Hush little baby don't say a word
Mama's gonna buy you a mocking bird
If that mocking bird don't sing..."

"Sing what?"

"Like this." *make whistling noise*

"Oh. Yeah."

"If that mocking bird don't sing
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
Mama's gonna buy you a silver mine*
If that silver turns to brass..."

"What's brass?"

"It's a metal like silver only not as valuable."

"What's valuable?"

"Expensive. Brass isn't as expensive as silver."

"Oh."

"If that silver turns to brass
Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass
If that looking glass gets broke
Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat
If that billy goat don't pull..."

"Pull what?"

"I don't know. Maybe a wagon."

"Why?"

"Maybe he's a working billy goat and needs to pull a wagon.
If that billy goat don't pull
Mama's gonna buy you a cart and bull
If that cart and bull rolls over..."

"Rolls over what?"

"Just rolls over and falls down."

"Why would it do that?"

"Maybe it was really old."

"Yeah, it was really old."

"If that cart and bull rolls over
Mama's gonna buy you a dog named Rover
If that dog named Rover don't bark
Mama's gonna buy you a horse and cart
If that horse and cart breaks down..."

"How?"

"Maybe the wheels fall off.
If that horse and cart breaks down
You'll still be the sweetest baby in town
So hush little Alex don't say a word...."

"I don't want to listen to this anymore"

"Should we just snuggle?"

"Yeah."


* I'm pretty sure that's not one of the original verses but I stuck it in there at some point

How we cook

Christian wants to be involved in everything!


Alex really is helping stir the Rösti; Christian is stirring a piece of bread.

Two boys must have two step-ladders.

Grindelwald!

The weather was beautiful.

The sledding run we chose wasn't exactly family-friendly.

A more or less good time was had by all, especially if we just delete the last twenty minutes of sledding, which was twenty minutes too many. But it sure was beautiful.

What we did on New Year's Day

Belated Christmas pictures

My boys in blue making our traditional Christmas Eve pizza from my mom's recipe. If family legend is to be believed, it came from the owners of the original Pizzaria Uno in Chicago. The real one. When there was only one. If family legend is to be believed. Which I'm never sure about.

Free the tree!



Presents!

The tree at The Farm (note the real candles).

Good thing we had a fireman standing by.