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Opening a present together.
(12/24/14)
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First you carefully decorate it...
(12/24/14)
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...then you destroy it!
(12/24/14)
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Staring deep into the eyes of a
furby. (12/24/14)
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"Only
one more sleep 'til Christmas..." (12/24/14)
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Delighted that Santa gave her a real
life jingle bell bracelet to match the virtual one in a game she plays.
(12/25/14)
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Wesley
was not happy to be woken up and told, "It's Christmas!" He
replied, "No, no," and pointed insistently back at his crib.
(12/25/14)
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Treasures from Santa.
(12/25/14)
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Wrapped
boxes of blocks make good chairs. Unwrapped and unboxed
blocks
make good diversions from divesting the Christmas tree of ornaments.
(12/25/14)
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Elaine asked Santa for a cupcake
making kit. He didn't give her one. Because we did.
(12/25/14)
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Wesley shows his new-fangled phone to Great Grandma. (12/25/14)
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Making strawberry cupcakes with pink
lemonade frosting. (12/25/14)
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Elaine and her BBF (Best Bear Friend) decorate six dozen cupcakes with silver pearls, star sprinkles, and glitter gel roses.
(12/25/14)
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Back to divesting the tree of ornaments... (12/25/14)
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Pipe organ and tortoise. (12/27/14)
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Making fabulous ice cream cones. (12/27/14)
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Trucks. (12/27/14)
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After
auctioning off the ice cream cones in a complicated bidding process,
it's time to build rainbows and spaceships. (12/27/14)
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Totoro joins us. (12/27/14)
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Oma Suzy watches her grandchildren play with a puzzle. (12/30/14)
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Enjoying his cousins' toys. (12/30/14)
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Cousins and chaos. (12/30/14)
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Uncle Andrew and Aunt Christy in their natural habitat. (12/30/14)
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Grandpa Ralph doles out panettone. (12/30/14)
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Enjoying their hot chocolate. (12/30/14)
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Wesley has finally gotten the hang of Christmas. (12/30/14)
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Grandpa Ralph reads 17 Kings on 42 Elephants. Wesley carries around something big. (12/30/14)
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Trundling
along through a garden filled with oranges, lemons, kumquats,
mulberries, figs, kiwi, squash, garlic, parsley, and dill.
(12/31/14)
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Wesley senses an abandoned ladder, a giant pile of rocks, and possibly some large heavy tools nearby. (12/31/14)
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Elaine wishes Totoro a happy new year! Totoro wishes her one, too. (12/31/14)
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