November was a bit rough for our family, as everyone got sick. Between the four of us, we had three cases of pneumonia, two ear infections, and one case of bronchitis. With the help of rest and anti-biotics, we all recovered. Thanksgiving break was, however, not as fun as usual. We did manage to get ourselves to Bill and Kathryn's in Cummington for Thanksgiving day itself, where we tried not to cough on everyone too much.
Earlier in November, we took a trip to visit the Joneses in Maine. That was fun, although, in retrospect, we already had pneumonia, just hadn't diagnosed it yet. In any event, photos from November are here.
Illness behind us, we had a lot of fun in December. JJ and D-Dad brought us a lovely Christmas tree from the farm, and Iris especially had a lot of fun hanging the ornaments. Hazel was convinced, begrudgingly, not to take the ornaments OFF the tree.
I helped Iris compose her first ever letter to Santa, and the result just shows how I can never predict what she's going to say! "I love you, Santa. I want my own couch in my own room. And can I please have my own trash can. My own cough drops. Can I please have my own duckie humidifier, because my other one is broken. My own Christmas tree. My own skirt. A jingle skirt, like Petra's. My own yoga mat. New games for 'my own' iPad. (quotes mine - hah!), my own iPad. More post-it notes. And something for Hazel: her own yo-yo and her own heart post-it notes." Santa came through on the jingle skirt and the trash can. :)
JJ and D-Dad later came to stay with us over Christmas break. We had a lovely time making a gingerbread house and tower:
We went to the Brouhard-Eckelmans for Christmas eve, where Iris enjoyed cookie decorating:
Christmas itself was lots of fun, split between Roslindale and Braintree. Fun was had by all and the girls loved opening presents and playing with new toys and games. We were happy to spend lots of time with family and not travel.
After Christmas, we finally got snow and took the girls sledding. It was Iris's first time since she was one. Last year, there was no snow. The year before, there was two feet of snow, she was two years old and terrified of it. It was Hazel's first time.
For New Years, we got to spend time with the Ippolitos, and then catch up with the McJoneses (Alison, Matt, Petra and Talia) on New Years day.
Photos from December are here. Photos so far from January are here.
Wishing everyone a happy and safe 2013!
