Petting bat rays with Zyla

Petting bat rays with Zyla
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the dress up box

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grandma sent evie all of those princess dresses that i just can't bring myself to buy. think she likes?

christmas dinner

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we had a few friends over for christmas dinner, and evie's friends kyra and kijo joined her at the kid's table. while they all seemed to enjoy the beef tenderloin, the candy cane, chocolate chip ice cream was the big winner of the night.

one more, this time an action video

yeah, i bought myself a little flip video camera when they were having a sale at amazon, so i'm managing a few videos over this vacation. here's evie's very first sled ride. enjoy the action.

snow!

we trekked up to arnold, ca in the sierra foothills the day after christmas. the next morning brought us evie's very first snow, other than the may 15 flurry in iron mountain.

evie approves.

christmas morning

the joys of being two on christmas morning. favorite line around 40 seconds. sums up two perfectly.

cookies!

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year two of cookie-making fun with our friends. while i will have to admit that about a half a pound of raw cookie dough and two pounds of sprinkles were consumed by these little girls, this still went way better than last year. almost makes me look forward to next year.

click on the pictures from more sugar-induced shots from the day.

the christmas tree!

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for the first time in 20 years i have real christmas tree. i've had lights on a ficus, but i've never bothered to go to the lot and get a tree. this year, we decided that evie would really enjoy getting a tree, and we were right.

we started by getting bundled up for the trip to the tree lot.



once there evie helped pick out the tree. she started by wanting a small "evie sized" tree, but mike had found one that was about five feet tall he liked, so i convinced her to change her pick by telling her a bigger tree could fit bigger presents. she was quick to agree to the tree daddy liked.



the next morning her friend marlon came over with his mom for pancakes, bacon and tree decorating.



it's starting to feel a lot like christmas.

the muddy playground

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one of evie's very favorite places is the koret playground in golden gate park, aka "the muddy playground" with lots of sand and water to explore. we had a picnic there the sunday after thanksgiving with our friday friends.

click on the pic to see more shots from the day.