With that, I'll pick up where we left off: Christmas 2013!
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| 7 December 2013 |
I hope that you have seen this picture which graced our Christmas cards this year. Jenn got Max and Charlotte to pose for this wonderful picture while we were out Christmas tree shopping (note the Christmas trees in the background). Getting them to pose with genuine smiles isn't easy; having them say 'cheese' just doesn't yield quite the intended effect.
This year we spent Christmas at home. Grandma Judy housesat just up the street. And Charlotte's and Max' cousins from Chico, California, came to visit. Here, Natalie and Charlotte decorate Christmas cookies.
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| 22 December 2013 |
To occupy themselves during the baking of said cookies, Natalie, Max, Patrick and Charlotte played in our sandbox.
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| 22 December 2013 |
Patrick and Natalie (and Johnny and Wren - not pictured) came back to spend some time with us on Christmas Eve. The four cousins shared a Christmas Eve lunch together.
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| 24 December 2013 |
Max and Patrick: cousins, firefighters, superheroes!
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| 24 December 2013 |
Charlotte, Patrick, Max and Natalie settle in for a little movie viewing on Christmas Eve (I believe that the Lion King was on the docket that evening) whilst their parents and grandmother enjoyed dinner.
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| 24 December 2013 |
Christmas Day was a blast. I'm afraid you'll have to take my word for it, as I didn't manage to get many good pictures between all the present (un)wrapping and playing and comings and goings.
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| 25 December 2013 |
But perhaps Max' sheer enjoyment of eating an entire goose wing during our Christmas dinner will give you some idea as to how fun and complete a day it was. We honored to be joined by our friends Oren, Julie, Avi and Noa (not pictured, I'm afraid) for dinner.
We spent Boxing Day just as it should be spent in southern California: at the beach. It was an unbelievably lovely day, and Charlotte and Natalie began practicing their Baywatch impressions.
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| 26 December 2013 |
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| 26 December 2013 |
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| 26 December 2013 |
It really was a fantastically beautiful day, with most of us going in the water at some point (though I think only Johnny went into water deeper than his knees). And it wasn't a day where beach attire was only barely appropriate; it was that kind of December day where you realize why your southern California-sized mortgage is as large as it is.
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| 26 December 2013 |
Even the dolphins came out to play.
More soon ...
--- Shawn (for Jenn and Charlotte and Max and Lucy and Rufus)
PS - If you're wondering what business anyone has hibernating during weather like this ... well, I've got no good answer for you.
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