December 30, 2008

Once we got his new maps up, Conor spent almost an hour adding to the legends: where he's been, where relatives live, where his teacher was born, where there are teams he likes, and on, and on, and on.

December 29, 2008

Someone left the door to the front closet open.

December 28, 2008

Some things you can only do at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

December 27, 2008

The semi-annual concert:



Rowan's solo performance.

Bingo!

Pajamas for Ellie and her new doll (Little Ellie, aka Lil' El).

Penguin jammies.

December 26, 2008

December 25, 2008

Rowan's big present from Santa. I'm thinking it's going to be hard to keep him inside this summer, and this will not help.


Digging into his stocking.

An Atlanta Falcons jersey!

An American Girl doll that matches her.

Sarah's pumpkin pie.

Ellie challenging Mary-Claire, Matt and Nicole to a rousing game of hangman.

Ellie sitting between her two favorite people. (Nicole slipped to third on this visit).

Rowan and "Bahm-pa".

"Cheese"!

December 24, 2008

Ellie and Conor in their dress coats. It is very rare to see Ellie smiling while wearing this. She detests it, and all coats like it. Sometimes, however, you just do what your Mom says. (Cute coat, isn't it, Kate?)

I don't know who loves this cat more, Rowan or Ellie. I do know that Ellie gets to sleep with it.

Rowan in his new hat, reading one of his new books. (Which is great, because we don't have any books for him - ha.) The whiskey is not his.

Conor hiding his face because he doesn't agree at all with Uncle Bill's team. When Conor opened this light saber, he proclaimed "This is just what I needed!"

A full house.