With our wacky climate, the ponds froze over Thanksgiving, allowing for our first-ever skating in November
These days our companies don't dispense swag around the holidays, but we found the real thing
Gingerbread house building followed the usual routine
The girls cooperated to deck the house with gobs of frosting
and it helped that there were 6 faces to decorate
and then Tundra wasted no time digging in. Makes me wonder if he really does lack a functional Tas1r2 taste receptor, which makes all cats insensitive to sweets.
This year we mustered our colonial spirit at the Lexington Tea Burning. Denouncing that scoundrel King George and his intolerable taxes, we re-enacted the first Tea Party of 1773 that inspired a more well-known protest by copycats in Boston.
Tessie's birthday dinner request was hot dogs, strawberries, and guacamole, which made for a festive plate.
Our 6 year-old
When holiday cookies were made, Oreo the chimp met his namesake
Boda Borg remains a top attraction. We solved "27 Seconds" and came close in "Alcatraz", where the final room confuzzled us.
We harvested the gingerbread house before Christmas
and the walls were as inedible as ever. Not so the icing, which made a breakfast bowl no more sugary than Cap'n Crunch
Gloucester beach
On the shortest day, we created light
Swinging sparklers at night is one effect that does not replicate on digital cameras
