Christmas

I love Christmas; it is my favorite time of the whole year. For us it started on Friday; we headed for Apple Hill and our favorite Christmas tree farm.

It was quick decision weather, aka: dumping rain, and in 15 minutes we had Gram's tree and ours on the roof of our van - named Vincent VanGo - and were off home. We spent the evening decorating the house and tree, searching the attic for Zack's stocking - which we still haven't found - listening to Christmas music and watching The Quiet Man, a great movie but rather incongruent with the rest of the evening as it all takes place in the middle of summer. Yesterday I baked sugar cookies and today I baked two pumpkin pies with Dad, an apple pie and a batch of chocolate chip cookies.

I love baking at Christmas time - or any time for that matter - and it is especially rewarding when you have three very hungry, very appreciative and very non-picky brothers. If you have no brothers - be ye man, woman, boy or girl- I pity you greatly.

Claire

We thought we were worth recording

...that's the purpose of Lunchtime Conversations: to celebrate Wheeler memories and to laugh at ourselves and maybe make you laugh with us. There's been five of us for over ten years, and we've had some conversations (particularly around lunchtime) that some of us want to remember and others of us wish to forget. And we KNOW you would all love to hear about them...we hope.

-Zack, Madelaine and Claire