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One classic gingerbread man.
One avant-garde gingerbread man. (12/23/16)
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Proudly displaying their gingerbread
artwork. (12/23/16)
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Now for the serious work:
picking which ones to eat. (12/23/16)
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Caroling along with guitar,
mandolin, flute, two ukuleles, and a glockenspiel. (12/24/16)
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Snacking, coloring, and chatting.
(12/24/16)
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The big kids toast marshmallows.
(12/24/16)
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The little kids burn marshmallows.
(12/24/16)
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Something about sugar plums.
(12/24/16)
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Elaine
prepares an envelope for her tooth, and the kids set out cookies and
milk on the mantle. Both Santa and the tooth fairy visited
our
house this Christmas Eve! (12/24/16)
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Elaine
woke Wesley up at the crack of 7am to discover that Santa had brought
everything she'd asked for -- pens, three tiny teddy bears, a
chocolate-covered marshmallow pop, and new Mad Libs. Wesley
is
delighted by the kaleidoscope. (12/25/16)
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Elaine began filling out the
Christmas carol Mad Libs right away and sang them throughout the rest
of the day. (12/25/16)
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The
children were greeted at Grandma Janet's with Unicorn Hot Chocolate --
hot chocolate with pink whipped cream, pastel mini marshmallows, and
sprinkles. (12/25/16)
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Elaine watches her dad open the set
of juggling chickens that she picked out for him. (12/25/16)
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Unwrapping. (12/25/16)
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Sheer delight at the cute calendar
pictures. (12/25/16)
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Wesley
searched through the presents and announced every time he checked a
label, "It's for me!" Eventually, he did find
some for him.
(12/25/16)
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Once she'd opened a few books,
Elaine spent most of the rest of the day reading. (12/25/16)
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Mousetrap is a complicated game.
(12/25/16)
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Everyone wins when the mouse gets
trapped! Right? (12/25/16)
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Time to eat the gingerbread houses.
(12/26/16)
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A pack of fierce dinosaurs and a
fifty-foot-tall Woody attacked the village and left it in complete
RUINS. (12/26/16)
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Elaine christens our new stove with
a ceremonial batch of pancakes. (12/28/16)
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She's gotten quite good at making
pancakes, especially ones with chocolate chips in them.
(12/28/16)
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A collaborative journalistic effort. (12/29/16)
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"Ein Prosit!" (12/30/16)
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A cold but sparkly evening at Zoo
Lights... with an otter! (12/30/16)
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Toasting the end of the year with
toasted marshmallows. (12/31/16)
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"Auld lang s'more!"
(12/31/16)
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One final s'more after midnight.
(12/31/16)
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