Max' and Charlotte's cousin Patrick has a riding pony just like they do! And before the start of Christmas Eve dinner, Max took some time to try out his cousin's pony.
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| 24 December 2011 |
Charlotte took a quick ride, too. None of that sidesaddle garbage for my daughter!!!
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| 24 December 2011 |
Note the extra special Christmas duds that Charlotte and Max are wearing to welcome in the Christmas holiday!
And, as this Christmas holiday overlapped with Hanukkah, Max and Patrick "helped" Grandma Judy light the menorah!
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| 24 December 2011 |
Max and Charlotte posed with their Chico cousins for the first time!
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| 24 December 2011 |
We have (from left to right) Natalie, Patrick, Max and Charlotte. (Note the "packet" of baby food that
While Max still doesn't really "get it" when it comes to Christmas, he was still pretty excited about the tree and the presents.
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| Christmas Day 2011 |
Max and Charlotte "borrow" cousin Patrick's giant teddy bear for a few moments.
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| 26 December 2011 |
Like the previous picture, this one has little to do with Christmas other than the fact that we were still up in Chico for the holiday. But, like the previous picture, it's pretty cute. Charlotte sits on Grandma Judy's hearth reading Jez Alborough's Hug, a wonderful story about young chimpanzee desperately looking for a hug ... from his mommy. (I have my own interpretation of the story, which I will happily share with anyone who will humor me.)
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| 28 December 2011 |
Some of Charlotte and Max' other favorites include Peggy Rathman's Goodnight, Gorilla and Eric Carle's Have You Seen My Cat? and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, which was co-authored with Bill Martin, Jr. It's not reading, of course, so much as it is thumbing through pictures and/or having the stories read to them. But I am nevertheless very excited that my children enjoy books so much!
--- Shawn (for Jenn and Charlotte and Max and Lucy and Rufus)
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