He also decorated a fine gingerbread house, pretty much up to code by local standards.
Christmas morning, the kids were excited to see some big guy had broken into our house. Santa put a cell phone in Ava’s stocking. She immediately called to thank him.
Santa also gave Ava a hat…
Which had the strange (brew) ability to turn Ava into Bob McKenzie.
"Take off, eh!"
In case you are in serious need of remedial work in the classics, here is Bob McKenzie:
Alexander received an unexpected promotion to Fire Chief.
Being a nice brother, he worked out some sort of a job-share arrangement with his sister.
It was a good time to have firefighters in the house, because suddenly it seemed that everything was on fire. These were strange fires that only Alexander and Ava could see with their super-trained firefighter eyes.
I don’t know what’s going on here, but this picture captures the spirit of our Christmas morning nicely.
Then we put a frilly dress on Ava and went to spend the afternoon at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. When the kids saw Grandma and Grandpa’s tree, they were like “whoa”.
...And it slowly dawned on them that their mother is an extremely lazy house decorator. Well, they’d learn that sooner or later. Sorry, kids.
Over many extended days of holiday funtoonery, presents were opened, big meals were eaten, and the kids got to spend time with their cousin and aunts and uncles and even their great grandma. Ava enjoyed the opportunity to nap on one of her favorite comfy spots.
Overall, the level of happiness experienced by the children this holiday season is show here:
(And, yes, they did receive new toys for Christmas, but apparently none are as fun as our old and curiously scented cat scratcher.)
Here's a fun fact*: according to the Chinese calendar, 2012 is the Year of the Yar. So strap on your yarbelts and get ready for a yarry ride of your life. Yar!
Happy New Year!
*for maximum accuracy, replace the word "fun" with "fictitious"
1 comment:
Wheee! It's fun to relive great moments from Holidays 2011; and what a thrill to see my face made the blog. Got to say, I wish I didn't look so in need of a nap myself, in your photo. But having Ava cuddle into me for a short snooze was a major pleasure. Let the yar continue!
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