November, '24

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Enjoying the pictures of their own life.  (11/1/24)

Lee has become an expert at assembling this tree.  (11/6/24)


Decorating the kitten with garlands.  (11/6/24)

Playing phone games while waiting for their passport paperwork to be filed.  (11/7/24)

Lights are on; time for ornaments.  (11/7/24)

Picking out ornaments and showing them to Julian.  (11/7/24)


Programming video games.  (11/8/24)

Engaging with the visiting Bill Waterson exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art.  (11/9/24)

Tiger, tiger, burning bright on the page of black and white.  (11/9/24)

There's nothing quite like hanging out with Calvin and Hobbes.  (11/9/24)

You can see the sketch lines and white out on these originals.  (11/9/24)

So much to ponder.  (11/9/24)

So much brilliance.  (11/9/24)

It's a magical world.  (11/9/24)

Books inside and book flowers outside.  (11/9/24)

Nose to nose.  (11/10/24)

Cheering ourselves up by doing a space-themed escape room.  (11/13/24)

Lee wanted to make slime... but then it felt slimey.  (11/13/24)

Reading I, Robot with Julian.  (11/14/24)

Reading I, Robot without Julian.  (11/14/24)

Hannah doesn't understand what's happening as Grand Janet opens her birthday presents, but she'd like to be involved.  (11/15/24)

George doesn't understand either, and he's less sure about it.  (11/15/24)

Photographing the beautiful cake while Lee lights the candles.  (11/15/24)

Happy birthday!  (11/15/24)

Time to eat the delicious cake.  (11/15/24)

Hazel isn't sure about Julian... but she does like that Piper doesn't like him.  (11/15/24)

Hannah is not allowed to join us.  No diving, and also no dogs.  (11/21/24)

Showing Julian the glorious turkey.  (11/28/24)

A fine meal for all.  (11/28/24)

Being cute and funny and carving the Martinelli's.  (11/28/24)

The presents sound different when shaken, but they are not labelled.  (11/28/24)

Which advent calendar is for which child?  (11/28/24)

The children devise increasingly strange tests for the presents while waiting to be allowed to open them.  (11/28/24)

Lee got Minecraft minifigures, and Lane got a Christmas cats puzzle.  (11/28/24)

Just in case.  (11/28/24)

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