I am writing this post with my brand new laptop that Dad got me for Christmas. I had confided earlier to a friend that I hoped that Dad was not naive enough, after seven years of marriage, to think that when I said not to get me anything for Christmas that it meant not to get me anything for Christmas. :) I was thinking something small, though, and the laptop was a huge surprise! My favorite gift by far, however, is to the left -- it is the Moo's interpretation of Van Gogh's "Starry Night," painted on canvas. I love it! We made a beef tenderloin with chive and sour cream mashed potatoes and Glouchester Cheese Soup (trying to sneak the veggies past the kids) for dinner. The girls and I baked chocolate wreath cookies, peanut butter kiss cookies, fudge and popcorn balls, and made Dad fob most of them off on the neighbors.The rest of our Christmas was filled with Leapsters, alien makers, tea parties, and decorating and playing with the Calico Critters Manor House, which is now happily inhabited by a family of kitties and a family of mice (plus a bunny that was our first Calico Critter acquisition about a yea ago and who frankly has seen better days). I have included a slide show of roughly a million pictures of the girls opening their gifts (we tried to get shots of them opening all the gifts from relatives). It requires an extremely high tolerance for pictures of the Moo and Bean and their gift in various states of unwrap, and should only be considered required viewing for Grandpas, Grandmas, aunts and uncles (although aunts and uncles might also want to take a pass -- there are over 100 pictures). Below are some of my favorite shots of sisterly love from this Christmas season. We hope that you and yours had a wonderful time celebrating whatever it is you choose to celebrate at this time!! [OH, and Santa brought Dad the Tropic Thunder DVD for Christmas -- not for the faint of heart but laugh out loud funny in parts -- two thumbs up from Dad!
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