Christmas Redux

I've been a true slacker in the blogging department, so I'll take these few quiet moments I've snagged this morning to rehash Christmas break as quickly as possible. I know the Gabester will be up momentarily (teething is a horrible thing) so here goes.

Daddy was home for the last three weeks. Yay! Alex was the barnacle to his hull. She followed him like the adoring hero worshiper that she is, and he mostly loved it, except when he didn't. Gabe was my barnacle, mostly because he's teething and because I feed him the good stuff.

The kids got lots of toys and lots of attention. Especially from Grammy, Grampy, Auntie Lulu and Uncle Adam. Movies were watched, games were "played", cookies were eaten (even an unauthorized sugar cookie scrap for Gabey) and everyone is now over-tired and over-spoiled.

So, back to the real world for us. Gabe is awake (barely) so I should get to making him hos favorite banana cereal with a kiss of pink apple sauce. Then it's another day of watching him almost stand by himself and wrestling Alex and her bugs inside the comforter cover.

Tired Lunch

After an exciting morning in the snow, Gabey had some fabulous chicken and apples for lunch. He promptly fell asleep before finishing the last few bites. The picture of him with his eyes half-closed was his attempt at a smile for the camera. Poor tired baby.

In Alex's Snowsuit

Yummy Snow

Winter Sunset

When they're good, they're really good. It really makes me think twice about planting more trees.

For the Reindeer

Alex and I worked on a nice little present for Santa's reindeer (because, after all, who does all the real work at Christmas?) and I think it turned out pretty well. We'll see what the reindeer think. And we'll probably make another one today for the neigh-bors.

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