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Toasting the release of Otters In Space 4 by booping Avery on the nose with a glass of Martinelli's. Nose toasts are the highest toasts. (12/1/23)
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Hannah would like some attention. (12/8/23)
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But Lee is busy learning Klingon in Duolingo. (12/8/23)
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Hannah will have to settle for being near the attention. (12/8/23)
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Some lovely popcorn chains. (12/9/23)
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Visiting
Santa at 5th St. Market. Lee said they knew this was the real
Santa, becuase he remembered that they wanted Legos for Christmas last
year. (12/10/23)
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Lee's
teacher was kind and rearranged the schedule for her 5-person class so
that they'd start the winter crafts a couple days early. This
made it much easier for Lee to participate, since we spent the end of
the last school week at the beach. (12/11/23)
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Bananagrams at the Beach House. (12/12/23)
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Running along a very cold beach. (12/13/23)
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Stopping to roll a log toward the surf. (12/13/23)
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A good way to get cold all the way down to your bones. (12/13/23)
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Lane's shoes tried to run away, but he caught them. (12/13/23)
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The dogs don't want to walk along the beach. They want to scuffle! (12/13/23)
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According to Rebecca Bunch, pictures taken at sunset are one of the best ways to get more likes per post. (12/14/23)
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A lovely picture that Lee drew during our time at the beach. (12/15/23)
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As always, we hit the aquarium on the way home from the beach. (12/15/23)
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Lee
skipped the aquarium this time, so they could get home earlier and make
it to a school holiday party at Putter's Pizza. (12/15/23)
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Teaching Lee and Piper about baking. (12/16/23)
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A trip to the library led to an unexpectedly giant game of checkers. (12/17/23)
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The library has some fun activities. (12/17/23)
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Baking crackle cookies. (12/21/23)
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Taking a break from slicing apples for pie filling to make dogs do tricks to earn apple scraps. (12/21/23)
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Making pie crust. (12/21/23)
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Brushing the lattice top with special non-toxic milk. (12/21/23)
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Picking out bulk candy for decorating gingerbread houses. (12/22/23)
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It's a tough call as to whether the child or the dog is larger. (12/23/23)
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Building a nice simple gingerbread house. (12/23/23)
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Building a complicated gingerbread aquarium and concert hall. (12/23/23)
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Such a sugary activity almost always leads to hilarity. (12/23/23)
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Blue sugar everywhere. (12/23/23)
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This building involves a concert hall, garden, haunted tower, and fish house. (12/23/23)
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Gorgeous gingerbread constructions. (12/23/23)
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Lane's
pretty good at guessing what's inside of presents. Avery's not
sure the children have a permit for this activity. (12/23/23)
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The kids started Christmas Eve by making a big batch of pancakes. (12/24/23)
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Baking giant gingersnaps for Santa. (12/24/23)
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Fancy hot chocolate with all the toppings while watching Christmas movies. (12/24/23)
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We
got a nice late start to Christmas morning, meaning Lee had plenty of
time to play Fortnite before everyone else got up. (12/25/23)
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Building the Lego set from Santa while waiting for adults to be ready to open presents. (12/25/23)
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Avery says we haven't filed the appropriate permits for opening presents. (12/25/23)
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The fancy Nerf gun that Lee was hoping for. (12/25/23)
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As everyone else opened presents, Lee stood by, ready to shoot them if they turned out to be evil. (12/25/23)
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Robot toys! (12/25/23)
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The expansion for Sabobatage. (12/25/23)
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The
dogs got presents, but Hannah took all of them and hoarded them under
the coffee table. And Avery likes the cats' new toy better
anyway. (12/25/23)
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Going through a present that's full of new outfits for Lemon. (12/25/23)
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Jasmine Dragon tea for Grand Janet and Tulsi Chai for me, picked for us by the kids. (12/25/23)
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Two new presents that require wildly different amounts of precision and care to play with them. (12/25/23)
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Lane
is grateful for this present, because it means he won't have to buy
anthing that's sold or sell anything that's bought. (12/25/23)
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We played several rounds of Sabobatage with the new expansion. Each kid won at least once. (12/25/23)
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The river otters were all sleeping at the zoo today. (12/28/23)
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We were unsure from looking at this whether a black bear would be bigger than Hannah. (12/28/23)
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The zoo is a tiring place, so Lee stopped for a nap. (12/28/23)
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Lee cooperates with having their picture taken with the flamingos. (12/28/23)
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Lemon waves 'hi' to the flamingos. (12/28/23)
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The zoo is a good place to escape your troubles. (12/28/23)
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All hail the giant jellyfish! (12/28/23)
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This bear is definitely bigger than Hannah. (12/28/23)
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Returning Garfield books to the library. (12/26/23)
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Videogaming. (12/26/23)
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Checking out more Garfield books from the library. (12/30/23)
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A trip to the dump to help clear the garage of the old, broken things filling it up. (12/30/23)
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Time for dinosaurs and destruction... (12/31/23)
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...graham crackers and candy... (12/31/23)
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...and learning that karate chops can hurt your hand. (12/31/23)
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Goodbye, 2023. (12/31/23)
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