Max and Esme

Final round up of Christmas weekend

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Christmas 2007 The children were charmed this morning to see that Santa Claus had indeed made his promised visit. Max claimed he heard reindeer munching carrots during the night - and sure enough, the remains of the carrots and cookies were found on the plate. Here are a few pictorial highlights from this morning.

Snow Pepsi The next generation of snow sculptors in training. Max and Grandpa made Max's dog out of snow on the front lawn. Alas, our 50+ weather today means he's no more than a memory and a picture.

Early Christmas The whole family got together in Rodman this weekend since we couldn't all manage Christmas itself. Here are some pictures of the kids at play.

Whirling dervish I'm not sure exactly what that is, some kind of animal I think (I'll have to ask Max.) But the sound of the words aptly describes what my children look like when they're dancing. A favorite pastime is to put on punk rock music and dance madly around the front room. Dancing generally involves turning in circles until you're dizzy, jumping up and down, or chasing each other in progressively smaller circles until someone gets caught. I've included some action photos that show you how hard it is to capture a picture of my wildlife in action.

Homecoming The best part about being away is the joy of coming home again.