Zechiel Christmas 2010

The little Bradley Party of Four spent a happy little week in Illinois with my parents and my brother's family.

While we were there, we watched football.

That is all.

Just kidding. Though there was a football game on the television pretty much anytime football was being played somewhere in the country. We also played games, visited with some old friends, played basketball and line tag in the church gym, ate lots of food, went on oh so many quick runs to the store, had a "discussion" about immigration, recovered from colds (my poor sniffly boys) and taught mom how to use all her little gadgets.

It's always wonderful to go back home.

Ginger

When I was younger, every Christmas we'd make a "gingerbread" house out of graham crackers. And every year, the dog would eat it.

I haven't made one in ages but my sister gave me a cute little kit with actual gingerbread walls! So Sean took a little break from his studies and built a house with me.

Check out those wicked icicles. I'm pretty proud. Sean's pretty impressed.

Check out that wicked snowman. Sean's pretty proud. I'm pretty impressed.

Pogo hasn't eaten it yet, but there's still time...

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Have a happy new year!

Christmas for the Four of Us

The nice thing about the cheap tree is that the branches don't start very low to the ground. So Liam can only graze the tips of the bottom row.

Yes, the gifts are sitting under the tree unwrapped. The Surprise Element isn't such a big deal with the boys right now.

I bet if given another month's growth, Dash would have enough leverage to yank the tree right over.

I see you under there, Mr. Liam.

We did wrap one gift for the boys to unwrap when we enjoyed our early Christmas present exchange.

It took the boys about 30 second to remove the paper, then took us 20 minutes to take all the toys out of the packaging. Those toy companies secure their toys awfully well.

Sean was all too eager to pause his studies to discover his new toys. Which were a couple cheese knives (by request!) and a digital video camera. I've had my gift for a few months, a new computer, but Sean still gave me a Regina Spektor CD and a movie. Which movie? I'll give you a hint.

"Welcome to earth." [punch]

'Tis the season.