|
|
 |  |
Cat swaddling has become a popular pastime in our house. (12/1/25)
|
 |
 |
The angriest swaddle ever. (12/2/25)
|
 |  |
Hannah would like to be included in whatever this is. (12/2/25)
|
 |  |
The different hats of Christmas tree construction. (12/2/25)
|
 |
The tree is going up, but Lee seems to have fallen down. (12/2/25)
|
 |
Ice skating field trip. (12/12/25)
|
 |  |
Out there, spinning on the ice, skating backwards, and basically just being awesome. (12/12/25)
|
 |  |
Sometimes,
we drag Hazel out and force her to endure some positive attention.
She hates it and also clearly kinda loves it. (12/13/25)
|
 |  |
It's important to keep Julian confused. (12/17/25)
|
 |
And what's more confusing than bringing over Annie from next door for a playdate? (12/17/25)
|
 |
Who could this possibly be for??? (12/18/25)
|
 |  |
Preparations for Christmas begin in earnest. (12/19/25)
|
 |
A feast of several fishes. (12/20/25)
|
 |  |
Lane baked trout and root vegetables in homemade pesto. (12/20/25)
|
 |  |
Lee is getting really good at wrapping presents. (12/21/25)
|
 |  |
Singing Christmas carols. (12/21/25)
|
 |  |
Avery takes all the credit for keeping this gathering orderly and successful. (12/21/25)
|
 |
Julian doesn't understand what's happening, but he would like to chew on that ribbon. (12/23/25)
|
 |  |
Time to construct great works of art out of sugar in every possible form. (12/24/25)
|
 |  |
Gingerbread houses and paper crafts. (12/24/25)
|
 |
Lovely snowflakes. (12/24/25)
|
 |  |
Hannah thinks she would like some molten sugar. She is wrong. (12/24/25)
|
 |
Gingerbread swamp filled with frogs. (12/24/25)
|
 |  |
Double rainbow acrsoss the swamp and rainbow roof over the tavern with a frog bartender hidden inside. (12/24/25)
|
 |
Piper tries to pet Lane using her claws. (12/24/25)
|
 |
Piper is needs attention. Needs it. NEEDS it. (12/24/25)
|
 |  |
We get a surprise visit from the Dethemberween Thnickaman with his "hedge trimmers." (12/24/25)
|
 |
Lane and Hannah are ready to hear 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. (12/24/25)
|
 |
Lee starts out by trying to read the poem in a Shrek accent... (12/24/25)
|
 |
Once Lee's accent settles down, he does a lovely job of reading the traditional poem for us all. (12/24/25)
|
 |
Lee was the last one awake, but we finally all gather for stockings and breakfast. (12/25/25)
|
 |
The
Thnikaman didn't leave blank media in our shoes, but he may have told
Santa to leave chargers in our stockings. (12/25/25)
|
 |
The
children are bewildered by truffle oil, but Santa must have heard about
how much Lee loved the fancy truffle pasta in Paris. (12/25/25)
|
 |
Lee desperately wants to punch this present but is cruelly forced to eat some breakfast first. (12/25/25)
|
 |  |
After punching his first present, Lee gets to kick his second one. (12/25/25)
|
 |  |
Mast down in one! (12/25/25)
|
 |
Sea creatures for Lane. (12/25/25)
|
 |  |
Lee is now properly outfitted to be a Jedi hiding in the desert, complete with weaponry. (12/25/25)
|
 |
Annie bought "snacks for Joolian" and snuck them into Lane's bag of presents! (12/25/25)
|
 |
Daniel recieves the long-awaited Uncle The Cheat who proceeds to hide in cupboards and surprise people. (12/25/25)
|
 |
Taking careful aim. (12/25/25)
|
 |
Enjoying his win. (12/25/25)
|
 |  |
Lee performs card tricks with the new magic kit Lane gave him. (12/25/25)
|
 |
We
played a very confusing escape room-style card game about
Schroedinger's cat in French. It took all of us just to figure
out what was going on. (12/27/25)
|
 |  |
Then we played a simpler game. (12/27/25)
|
 |  |
Time to try out the new skateboard. (12/28/25)
|
 |  |
After practicing for a while, Lee decided he was ready to actually try out the skate park area. (12/28/25)
|
 |  |
"The key is to stop thinking about how I'm falling and just stand." (12/28/25)
|
 |  |
Lane brought Annie over for a play date here.(12/28/25)
|
 |
Our animals were very, very confused. (12/28/25)
|
 |
"So
hard to laugh a child-like giggle, when the tears start to torture my
mind. So hard to shed the life of before, to let my soul
automatically soar." (12/29/25)
|
 |
Lee and I consder all the possible toys we could print up with our new 3D-printer. (12/29/25)
|
 |
Lee selected a most excellent little robot to make. (12/29/25)
|
 |
Making more robots. (12/30/25)
|
 |
Julian likes toys! Is that a toy? He's not sure... (12/30/25)
|
 |
We spent New Years Eve playing confusing games. (12/31/25)
|
 |
We finally broke out the Trogdor game... and it was especially confusing! (12/31/25)
|
 |  |
Burninating the villages... and also maybe punching them. (12/31/25)
|
 |
So many games. (12/31/25)
|
 |
Cheers at midnight. (12/31/25)
|
 |
Time for 2026! (12/31/25)
|
 |
Piper does not understand Uncle The Cheat. (12/31/25)
|