By way of catching up, just a few pics of our holiday celebrations...
Just before Thanksgiving, we celebrated my grandma Nadine's 85th birthday. My parents recently moved her from Oregon to Michigan, and she lives in a retirement home a few blocks from their house. The last time we were with her on her birthday was when she turned 80, 5 years ago. Alex was just a baby! It's hard to believe. We also went to visit my grandma Ruth in southern Michigan.
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| Happy, Birthday! |
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| With Great-Grandmother |
Then, we got ready for Thanksgiving -- my favorite holiday! The boys and I put up a "thankfulness tree" again this year, and every day for the week before Thanksgiving, we would put up a few leaves of things we were thankful for. We also made turkey cupcakes! We had a lovely feast on Thanksgiving Day, and my grandma Nadine was able to join us.
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| We are thankful... |
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| The Thanksgiving feast -- yum!!! |
After Thanksgiving, we got ready for Christmas!
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| The boys helped Nyanya decorate the Christmas tree. |
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| They loved to watch the train go around the tree. |
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| We went to see the Christmas trains at the Henry Ford museum. |
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| Santa was there! |
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| Our homemade ornament project this year was skiing snowmen -- made with pinecones, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, and pom poms. |
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| We also made Christmas cookies with Aunt Janille. |
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| On Christmas Eve, we read "Clarabelle the Christmas Cow" and sang carols around the Christmas tree. |
We had a very nice Christmas with my parents, and my brother and his wife. My aunt and some of her family joined us for Christmas dinner.
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| Family pic in front of the Christmas tree |
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| Benjamin was the star of the day in his Santa suit! |
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| Opening presents |
On New Year's Eve, Alex helped Nyanya and Babu deliver homemade loaves of bread to all the neighbors.
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| Happy New Year! |
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