New Years EVE

1 word: Potato
2 words: Hula hoops
3 words: Men Holding Babies
4 words: six adults six kids
5 words: Best. Freaking. Night. Ever. EVER....


It was a really fun night.

We even roasted
Chestnuts on an open fire!

S'mores!

Hot spiced Apple Cider!

And only one photo
On my camera to show for....



That's a sm-ass-hed potato...




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Friday... NYE's eve!

There was lots of yummy tea...


And LOTS of stamping and crafting!


The girls and I put together the coolest puzzle EVER after Cedric went to bed...





Then we played liv's new strawberry shortcake memory game.





Whig somehow morphed into a go fish style game...


The artwork from stamping....


And liv's butterfly...


Love nights like this.


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She said "don't my braids go SO GOOD with this outfit?!"


She made sure to wear proper safety equipment when building...


New BIKE!


More wii!


Nail polish...


An emergency trip to the dentist- that resulted in happy news-


The kids then floated their squeakies on their balloons from the dentist!


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Catapult!

Ira and I built our first kit project together!


And it worked!!!!


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Love. Fun. Games.

Gears! With motors and flashing lights!!


Just Dance3!





Pirate attack





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Christmas Chaos

We were up until 3 am wrapping presents...


And they tore trough it with abandon!


Live Christmas morning with Littles!


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Solstice in the Redwoods!

It was a BEAUTIFUL day in the city!



We have had plans for over a month to head to Marin to spend solstice caroling in Muir Woods.



We walked up as a shadow
Puppet show was taking place.


Then, we had the unique, and QUITE magical experience that is walking through a redwood forest in the deep black of night, lit
Only by paper lanterns on the ground.

The trees and the smells and the sounds of groups of carolers....

Enchanting.


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December!

What a whirlwind!
Quick recap!

Ira has been working really hard to figure out exactly how time/seasons work/flow....





And on unicorn drawings...


We compared walnuts to brains...


Christmas shopping...


Leaves!


Liv is the cute-n-ess


This was her first year as the candle lighter...





There was doll making....


Construction.... Lots of construction.


And Ira became a teenager...


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