For most of you out there, that's really Merry Christmas! Regardless, happy holidays to you and yours. We wish you warmth and love this holiday season and a happy, wonderful new year!
(And yes, as usual, this is all the holiday card I can manage. We've really enjoyed getting all of yours and I hope you don't hold it against us!)
Ray found a new companion to share his love of ice skating.
E loved it. Literally the only time he whined was when the melt on his coat FROZE to the ice when he fell and he got stuck.
He got pretty independent, too.
I think he's better than me already.
All of my brother's family love E and are great with them. However, my niece has a near-infinite reserve of patience and wonder that makes her particularly good entertainment (and me over-inclined to abuse her as a babysitter).
Consider the game of leaf races.
Endless. But pretty from a distance, no?