when I started this blog five years ago, I was a pet sitter and the name animal-crackers made sense. now I'm a stay-at-home-dad and freelance writer, but rather than confuse everyone by getting a different blog, it's just easier to keep posting things here.

Eh, I could write a few boring paragraphs about how the weekend went. But let's just skip to what you really want. The pictures.

Andrea raked leaves while Dylan played.



Josh helped decorate a gingerbread house that he, Andrea and I built.



And on Sunday we got a Christmas tree and decorated it.