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Just Another Day

This is what happens when Mom puts my hair back in a ponytail and I pull it out about three minutes later. 

A nice day and a long weekend requires an outing of some sort.  A simple walk/bike ride down at Araha Beach fits the bill.

Logan zooming off on his bike and Naomi (with Dad’s help) keeping up on her trike.

Oops, pit stop!  We MUST walk on the wall.  Because it’s there.

Remember the bit in Alice in Wonderland with the dodo bird and the “caucus race”?  Any time the kids get going in circles like this, that parody of the phrase is what comes to mind.

Love that red dot of a kite there in the sky.
   This is a statue on the beach.  Admittedly, it’d be cooler if it were Jake and one of the kids (probably Logan, based on the size) but still, I’m pleased with the shot.

  We found a great little, new (to us) cafe at the end of the beach where we stopped for dinner. 

And had a nice view of the ferris wheel on our way back out.

Hope your day is full of pleasant moments and that all your surprises are joyful!

Accessorizing, More or Less

More?                                           or less?

  

Much more?                                  or much less?

Thank You!

Logan helped me make thank you notes this year and we’ve sent out a few of them but them Naomi got into the stack of cards and shredded a bunch of them.  So if we haven’t received your gift yet . . . will you accept a virtual thank you?  That’s more or less what the following is anyways.

Christmas morning :)

 
Considering the possibilities!

Naomi’s got her priorities in order.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Christmas morning reading of “At a Construction Site”.  To pass the time while Naomi was finishing breakfast.  (We did get the actual Christmas story in there a little later as well.)

 Now the unwrapping.

 
Janet and Henry: A portion of Logan’s gift appears to still be en route.  No worries about that, but just wanted to let you know. 

Jake got exactly what he asked for: coal.  Sidenote: there aren’t many pictures of the adults here.  It’s not that we are not thankful for the great things that you got us; it’s just that pictures of adults with adult gifts aren’t nearly as much fun.

Logan makes sure that the camera gets a nice, close shot of his “bear glass picture”.  The Curious George book didn’t get captured by the camera, but that has been a huge hit.  In fact, we had an unintentional Curious George semi-theme this Christmas, with three different George books received, and none of them repeats!

The classic Pooh and friends have been toted around in Naomi’s little stroller/pushcart and also been made to “eat” some of the play food.

 

This puzzle is more challenging than it looks.

    Covering Baby up with the great new quilt.
 

And here is Baby in the new clothes.  Boy baby or girl baby, take your pick, but Baby looks pretty cute either way, I think.

Logan’s brand new digger! 

It’s about time we got some play food around here.  The poor kids have been using coasters as cookies/pancakes/sandwiches until now.

These blocks are awesome.  Definitely another toy that Mom and Dad have just as much fun with as Logan.  (And even Naomi can get into them a little bit since they stack so well.)

Superhero cape.  Knight cape.  Bat cape.  It even became his special “clean-up cape” once already!

Just got this in the mail today, so we don’t have batteries for the light yet but this is fabulous.  Logan had to wear it into the farmer’s market today.

And well . . . you’ve got great taste, Uncle Jonathan.  But this picture is not from today, when your package arrived.  This was Christmas morning.  We got her the exact same set.  Both Logan and Naomi love it!  It was a great pick, and I did want you to see that she enjoys it.  Luckily, the site has a great, no-hassle return policy.

So, THANK YOU everyone.  We had, and continue to have (as things still trickle in), a wonderful Christmas and know that we are blessed and loved from across the globe!