Merry Christmas!

Christmas Day was not only full of excitement - but a hair-standing-on-end event, as you can see by these pictures! The bouncey-ball-pit generated hours of entertainment!

Christmas Eve Excitement!

Some (literally!) climb the walls....

Some are more composed...


And others don't really have much idea of what is going on, but it's fun anyway!

Anticipating Christmas!

Jack helps choose a tree...

and is even more interested in UN-decorating it!

Family Christmas Party at Wilshire

Santa and the Elves were NOT big hits with Jack, and there was no way he could sit still enough for face painting, but he did like the balloons, the poinsettias, the puppet show, the ornaments (which he called "balls" and tried to throw!), the choristers, AND the chocolate fountain (especially with marshmellows!). Welcome to Christmas, Jack!

Taylor is getting so grown up! She's poised and mature...

And Trey is a character! On Thanksgiving he announced, "I'm thankful for burps!" And demonstrated, of course!

A Visit with the Sullivan-Ross Clan

Brian, Cheri, Joss, and Val joined us at Teresa and Mike's for a day-after-Thanksgiving brunch. Great good fun was had by all - especially the kids as they got acquainted with their new-found grown-up playmates! Poor Val - she suffered Coco's attempts at giving her "an extreme make-over" and Trey's rough-housing!

Thanksgiving

Jack joins the party! At 16 months, he tries hard to keep up with his older cousins! They do such interesting things, and he's going to join right in!

A picture of one child at a time works better!

Here's Coco (NOT Courtney! She hates that name, as she will tell you with some vehemence!) at age 3.

And Big Sister Taylor, at 7...

And Trey, at five.

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving at Teresa's - the Challenge: get a good picture of three squirrely kids together!


Cheri's blog is here.