Halloween yesterday was interesting. I said in last year’s Halloween write-up that both kids were aware and anticipating the holiday. Oh, how wrong I was. Last year was merely some excitement about it. This year was full-blown, wiggle-inducing anticipation.
I’m getting so close to being caught up! Who knows, one day I might actually post timely photos. This batch covers most of December 2006, again all from Marla’s camera.
Oh. My. I’m ashamed to admit what month these are from. I’ll let you guess. There are some great shots of Emma and Henry playing in the pumpkin patch, petting animals at a petting zoo, a busted lip and driving…
My brother volunteered his new house for Thanksgiving dinner this year. It was to be a huge feast, with both our immediate family and his wife Jessica’s family present.
Henry was fully aware of Halloween this year and participated with gusto! Henry insisted on carrying his “crumpkin” around by himself. By the end of the night it looked like the crumpkin was hauling him around.
We took our summer vacation this year in sunny Seattle with Grandma and Grandpa Mandel. The weather was glorious throughout the entire trip so Emma and Henry had a great time in Grandpa’s huge backyard. We went to Kirkland for…
Christmas this year was quite different than last year. If you recall we’d been home with Henry for, oh, 2 days or so.
In the weeks leading up to Christmas Grandma Northcutt and Marla were snap-happy, capturing our two children playing together.
Merry Christmas! We celebrate for the first time as a full family. Lots of presents wrapped under the tree for Emma. She had a blast opening them all.
Emma’s first Halloween! How exciting! We didn’t go too crazy with the costume. Just some cute pants and little cat ears. She seemed thrilled, don’t you think?