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Ah, the wonders of nature -- a beautiful leaf, and a cat who sits on shoulders. (11/3/20)
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Cardboard mecha. Cardboard ammunition. Cardboard war. Everything is cardboard. (11/2/20)
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Enjoying the autumn leaves. (11/4/20)
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Impressive cartwheels. (11/4/20)
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Lane practices their cake decorating
skills. (11/7/20)
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Celebrating some good news that the country
waited a long time to receive -- an inflection point, if you
will. (11/7/20)
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An epic plushie party. (11/8/20)
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Getting all set up for the upcoming Annie performances. (11/9/20)
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Grand Janet helped Lee make red paper flowers for Veterans Day. (11/11/20)
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Lee presented us each with one of them. (11/11/20)
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Picking out a picture to color. (11/12/20)
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Coloring a beautifully striped orange cat. (11/12/20)
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Proudly displaying their work. (11/12/20)
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The playground is more likely to be empty -- meaning available -- on slightly rainy days. (11/13/20)
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Squeezing in a short stroll before the light fades. (11/14/20)
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Cole does not
understand the finer points of etiquette concerning group photographs
-- specifically, one should not stick one's nose into anyone else's
eye. (11/14/20)
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Fred and George do
not understand why Grand Janet brings them here so much -- there's too
much chaos. But they do like visiting with Lane. (11/14/20)
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Lee needed some help playing Bananagrams.
(11/15/20)
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Testing out hair styles and potential costumes for Annie.
Unfortunately, this dress turned out to be too fancy for a lowly
orphan. The pigtails, however, were perfect. (11/16/20)
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Becoming quite the baker. (11/17/20)
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Bananagrams is a wonderful family game.
(11/19/20)
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Making very fancy chocolate-raspberry cupcakes. (11/21/20)
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It was quite the production! (11/21/20)
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Practicing choreography. (11/22/20)
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Recording their vocals for Annie. (11/24/20)
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Preparing the pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. (11/24/20)
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Lunch Bunch time. (11/25/20)
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Crescent rolls are good holiday activity. (11/25/20)
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Rolling out the dough for even more rolls! (11/25/20)
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The dogs would also like to have Roll Touching Privileges. (11/25/20)
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Ah, the glorious turkey. Beheld by children with uncertainty and indifference. (11/26/20)
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Golden-brown and very heavy. (11/26/20)
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Lee tries to take all of the mashed potatoes. (11/26/20)
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Lee is reluctantly persuaded to leave some mashed potatoes for the rest of us. (11/26/20)
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Lee describes their idea for a game called "Pin the Tail on the Turkey." (11/26/20)
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Walking Cole. (11/26/20)
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Running Amy. (11/26/20)
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Rambling with the dogs, until they happen on a secret entrance to Foxworld under the bleachers. (11/26/20)
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Homemade pie is so much more delicious than store-bought. (11/26/20)
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Is it truly possible to have too much whipped cream? (11/26/20)
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Fluffing out the branches and putting them in the right places. (11/27/20)
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Decorating the big tree... (11/27/20)
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Decorating the little tree... (11/27/20)
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Decorating the Lane tree... (11/27/20)
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It's hard to decorate a tree who's busy messaging their friends! (11/27/20)
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Hazel is far less interested in being shown the tree than Lee is interested in showing it to her. (11/28/20)
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Two children strolling along the way / Found some leaves, in which to play. (11/29/20)
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Jumping and leaping, their feet in the air. (11/29/20)
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Frolicking and cavorting, without a care. (11/29/20)
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A single, perfect feather. (11/29/20)
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Hazel is exactly what we needed. (11/30/20)
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