Christmas #2 - Boston

During Christmas break we traveled to Boston to visit. Despite a massive snowstorm that somewhat limited our activities, we had so much fun. It was a relaxing trip, filled with lots of card games, ring-around-the-rosy, and yummy food. Leah loved playing "motorboat" with Uncle Greg and Grandpa, playing Bananagrams with Grandma and Auntie JJ, and she fell in love with all the cats we encountered. She currently places all new things into one of two categories: scary or nice. She decided the cats were not scary. ("Him not scary, mama. Daddy, the kitty not scary. Him nice!")

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Anonymous said…

Still looking at all the pictures and remembering the fun! We love being with all our children!

January 2, 2011 at 12:16 PM

Jessica and Greg said…

so cute! greg looks like he's the one being swung around in that motorboat picture, by the look on his face! love the minnie picture too! miss you guys already!

January 3, 2011 at 7:27 AM

3 little monkeys!

These three are going to have lots of fun together! (And probably cause a decent amount of trouble! )

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