Wednesday, December 26, 2012

The Days of Christmas

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Some pictures of our Christmas season:

Getting our tree!

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Decorating!

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(cocoa break…)

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Getting ready for our family photo!

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What we ended up with was not bad, considering…

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Later, mom showed me how to use Photoshop a little and we did some playing with the picture.

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Making our gingerbread house!

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Us boys goofing around!

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(me pretending to sleep, Kai doing it too…)

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Time went by quickly. We enjoyed lots of candy canes, cocoa, went to the zoo lights, drove around looking at lights in neighborhoods, made decorations for the house, watched Christmas specials, and just basically had an amazing month! Even though we’re still waiting for our house to be done and weren’t expecting to still be in this little place, it all worked out really well.

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Hey, then it was Christmas Eve! I was surprised it came so quickly. I was just telling mom that it seemed like just yesterday that we started the advent calendar.

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Time to open our Christmas Eve presents…IMG_7787

Matching pajamas! (Angry Birds pjs, of course…)

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Just getting in a last-minute plug for Santa…IMG_7797 

We tried to get Kai to hold up the “Nice” side of the pillow too, but he just wouldn’t.

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Put out cookies and milk for Santa. Read The Night Before Christmas. Rushed through bedtime. Turned out the light at an unprecedentedly early hour. Climbed into bed with mom and dad at 2:25. At 2:30, asked what time it was. At 2:35, asked mom if we could get up at 6:00 to start Christmas. Then Dad came back in from re-settling Kai. At 2:40, asked dad if we could get up at 6:00 to start Christmas. Asked what time it was at 2:45. Was told to stay still and stop wiggling. Kicked out of bed by 3.

I nestled snugly back in my bed and dreamed of wonderful things until dad woke me up at 7. Expressed extreme frustration that he hadn’t awoken me earlier. But anyway, Merry Christmas!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Family photo 2012

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It’s that time of year again – our annual family photo. I’m the one in the green.

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Sunday, November 18, 2012

Harvest Carnival

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Right before Halloween, my school had a carnival to celebrate harvest and scary stuff. I was very, very excited to go to it.

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They had a bunch of cool stuff. These pumpkins had been decorated by the different classes.

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I had a wristband that let me play games and go through the haunted house and get my face painted. The first thing I did was jump into the cookie walk. I won after about 8 rounds!

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Kai joined in too.

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Kai found a game for little kids where they dug for treasures. He found a spider ring and a little bracelet.

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The haunted house was ready then so Dad and I went in there. Mom and Kai explored around for a while.

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The haunted house was not quite what I expected. It was so scary I wanted to turn around after about 10 feet - but I charged ahead. I was a little shaken after we came out and needed a change of pace. Time for face painting! I wanted a vampire on my face but apparently that was too elaborate for the amateur they brought in. I settled for a skull. Phht.

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Kai got one too. He got a kitty! He was so good and held still like such a big boy.

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“YEOWM!”

There was a dance in the other gym and we went and danced and played with balloons.

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I refused to admit it, but after all that I was pretty worn out. So home we went! With a big white bag of goodies. IMG_5192

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Next stop: Halloween!

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