{"id":447,"date":"2009-01-16T19:45:48","date_gmt":"2009-01-17T05:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=447"},"modified":"2009-01-19T17:27:41","modified_gmt":"2009-01-20T03:27:41","slug":"christmas-2008-more-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/simplify-your-life.com\/blog\/?p=447","title":{"rendered":"Christmas 2008: More Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leilani had a lot of fun playing with Grandma Rosemary and Grandpa Jim in Austin.<\/p>\n

It didn’t take Grandpa very long to learn the chase-Leilani-around-the-house game. Leilani liked to hike in the pantry, but then always came out because she likes being scared.<\/p>\n

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How much longer is she going to be a little bundle who likes to snuggle after her bath?<\/p>\n

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Grandma had a great painting easel for Leilani to play with and the perfect aprons. She painted pictures of Mommy and Daddy hiking on the mountain while we were away.<\/p>\n

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One night we went out for vegetarian BBQ (don’t ask) and the smarter people got pasta. Leilani likes showing off her bad manners.<\/p>\n

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And Daddy doesn’t think Mommy was helping. She called this feeding the baby bird.<\/p>\n

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When Mommy was off shopping at craft-store-heaven and Daddy was babysitting, we played much nicer games like dress up the animals…<\/p>\n

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… and build the princess castle.<\/p>\n

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The doll in these two pictures is Madeline, a present from Grandma that Leilani loves. She still loves being read stories, and Grandpa Jim is good at reading children’s books.<\/p>\n

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Leilani also helps out in the kitchen when she’s in a good mood. Grandma’s hand-cranked cranberry grinder is still as much fun as Andy remembers from when he was a kid.<\/p>\n

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We got this at a candy store in Fredericksburg for Leilani.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Big Mistake. She was happy with it, but we weren’t happy with the effect that sugar and artificial ingredients have on her.<\/p>\n

And then Uncle David arrived and it was time for Christmas number 3.<\/p>\n

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There were a few more rounds of presents, and Leilani still had to help Grandpa.<\/p>\n

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The goggles are for a 3-D calendar of Mars.<\/p>\n

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David got Leilani a great puzzle, the biggest she’s ever had.<\/p>\n

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Like many of her toys, she had to try it out right away.<\/p>\n

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Books …<\/p>\n

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Huge cauliflower in Grandpa Jim’s garden that we ate later.<\/p>\n

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And ever since then, Leilani always asks if the cauliflower we eat is coming from Grandpa’s garden.<\/p>\n

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Leilani likes to help dig holes in the garden and pull up radishes.<\/p>\n

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… more books …<\/p>\n

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Another perfect gift from Grandma: (Noah and) animal stickers. We’ve read the story of Noah to her in one of her little Golden Books, and she made this picture all by herself.<\/p>\n

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… and even more books.<\/p>\n

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One last family portrait under the Christmas tree. Andy does the self-timer and barely makes it into the first picture.<\/p>\n

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Our new family tradition seems to be Raclette cheese dinner for the holidays (oops, not pictured here).<\/p>\n

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Thanks everyone for the great time in Austin.<\/p>\n

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