 The traditional annual picture of the Donaghy/Minter/Roney tree. 979 pictures for the month. First cut got it down to 61. Second cut down to the required 31 for December. Here we go…
2014-12-01 02:47 UTC – Alex shows that he knows how to use chopsticks.
2014-12-05 23:57 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Brandy installed a brand new sink!
2014-12-07 20:32 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Roscoe is pretty sure he is much smaller than he really is. He is the right size for a lap dog, right?
2014-12-07 20:38 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Of course, there was one person who noticed they were not in the picture, and they felt they needed to be. So we made room.
2014-12-08 00:30 UTC (posted earlier) – Alex celebrates the picking of the Christmas tree.
2014-12-08 16:51 – Alex watching Roscoe as Roscoe contemplates if he should get out while the getting is good.
2014-12-09 06:39 UTC – This IS what stockings are for, aren’t they?
2014-12-09 20:39 UTC (picture by my mom) – Sara posed by some of my mom’s Christmas decorations
2014-12-10 01:17 UTC – Alex kicking back in my home office.
2014-12-11 04:02 UTC – And in the lobby during one of Amy’s performances for school.
2014-12-12 06:09 UTC – A Lego creation by Alex.
2014-12-17 04:19 UTC (picture by Brandy) – Brandy took Alex to the bookstore. He got mad at her about something. He decided to sit at his own table. Then he fell asleep with his head down on the table.
2014-12-20 01:20 UTC – Alex in my office playing Minecraft… which in December was rapidly on the way to displacing Portal 2 and Trainz Driver for the “favorite computer game” crown.
2014-12-21 01:59 UTC (picture by my mom) – Sara and Alex playing at Grandma Ruth’s house.
2014-12-21 03:27 UTC – Alex gets into giggle fits when Sara licks him.
2014-12-24 05:49 UTC – Excitement builds! Christmas approaches!
2014-12-24 13:05 UTC – Regardless of the excitement, I’m not sure I would choose to sleep with my head by this part of the dog. But it was just fine for Alex!
2014-12-24 20:12 UTC (picture by my mom) – Sara got a new bed as an early Christmas present. She liked it!
2014-12-25 05:56 UTC – For the first time this year we put lights on the outside of the house!
2014-12-25 05:56 UTC – The lights were color shifting, so there were different colors and patterns every few seconds.
2014-12-25 08:11 UTC – As he prepares for bed on Christmas eve, Alex surveys the presents. In our family, everybody opens one present on Christmas eve. Here Alex has picked the one for me to open… one of his gifts for me of course. (It was candy.)
2014-12-25 15:55 UTC (posted earlier) – In the morning, not a creature was stirring, not even a dog…
2014-12-25 16:00 UTC – The stockings were hung by the chimney with care…
2014-12-25 18:49 UTC – In the hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there! (OK, some sort of photographic accident, but it could be St. Nick, right? :-) )
2014-12-25 18:49 UTC – Soon the presents were flowing. Here is Grandma Ruth in the wonderful vest Alex bought for her! I’m sure she’ll be wearing it all over town!
2014-12-25 19:18 UTC – Amy and Alex worked together opening some presents.
2014-12-25 19:20 UTC (picture by my mom) – I relax and observe the activities while Alex attacks Amy in the background.
2014-12-26 00:10 UTC – Christmas over, Alex was very insistent that we take a picture of this mutant potato chip.
2014-12-28 01:37 UTC – Then Brandy broke her phone.
2014-12-30 04:57 UTC (picture by Brandy) – We go out for the evening and Amy and Alex enjoy some pizza. Yes, Alex is wearing pants on his head. As he does.
2014-12-31 06:34 UTC – As New Year’s approached, time for one last snuggle on the couch to watch TV
Everything is ready. Sunrise is in just over an hour, although it will be a while longer before everyone is awake and ready to go. Alex will probably wake me up within two hours. Brandy may (or may not) get another hour after that. Amy will probably get another four before we wake her up. In just over five hours, Grandma Ruth is scheduled to arrive and we will start presents in earnest. We weren’t ready before Alex fell asleep last night, so the usual tradition of everybody getting one present on Christmas Eve didn’t happen. Perhaps everybody will get one as each person wakes up. Or not. We’ll see how good Alex is at waiting once he is awake. We will distract him with food. :-) Anyway, Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it in one way or another! And happy Wednesday to everyone else. :-) [tube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwgAxvMo-88[/tube] Recorded right after Alex woke up Christmas morning.
The library is set up and (mostly) moving box free. The tree is up. The presents are out. The stockings are full. Everybody but me is still asleep. (The teenager didn’t go to sleep for the night until after I got up for the morning though…). Soon the unwrappings will begin. Woo!
Fake tree this year for the first time ever. We just didn’t have time to get anything else organized, or to find all the holiday stuff buried in the garage. |
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