Winter!

Our little town FROZE OVER!  The RIVER froze!  Dad made this little ice hut out of slabs we pulled out of the river.  Too cool.  Get it?  Cool.

XMas 2013

Merry XMas everyone!

 Thank you everyone!  You are all the BEST!  And I love all the gifts!

[And thank you all, from the whole family!]

And now back...

 ... to our regularly schedule loopiness!

Back home

Whew!  What a trip! We're back home, now, and happily relaxing with our cups of tea and warm milk and some nice books.

Thanksgiving 8

Namma and Papa with the three cousins!

[Lela:  "Look!  I'm the big kid, now, so I sit politely and smile for the camera!"

Paulina:  "When's dinner?  Anyone else hungry?"

Sebastian:  "Oy vey!  Another photo??"]

And here we all are!  It was great to see everyone!  Happy Thanksgiving, all!

Thanksgiving 7

My cousin Lela, have you heard of sidewalk PAINT?? 

Love it!

Thanksgiving 6

Aaaaand, back to playing!

Nothing like a nice heap of cousins!

Thanksgiving 5

Time for a popsicle break!

 YUM!

Thanksgiving 4

My cousin Paulina and I had such a fun time playing!  Paulina said, "My cousin Lela caught me!"

 This is a great see-saw for kids...

...of all ages!

Thanksgiving 3

Uh-oh!  I hope I don't get in trouble for tasting a bit of the topping....

 I guess not!

Thanksgiving 2

 Good job, Paulina!

We make a good pie-making team, no? 

 And there's the master chef, herself!

And the master pie eater enters the frame!

Thanksgiving 1

 What's that?  Time for cooking?

No problem.  I'm ready to help.

 And TO EAT!!!

Backstroke

Would you look at that perfect form?