December is here! Snow. Cold Cold Temperatures. And Christmas!
Cirrus celebrates his 10 month birthday, perfects his sitting technique, pulls up to a kneeling position and gets his first top tooth, bringing his total tooth count to three. Cadel and Senja are learning to put their things on higher tables to keep them out of reach of their little brother!
Our ever eccentric Senja, wearing a lion costume under her snowsuit, tries out her skis and pulls along a content little Cirrus.
Cadel and Senja work on their cookie creations. Along with our baking at home, Stacey and Cirrus took a trip down to Boston to attend our friend Wendy's annual cookie making extravaganza.
Stacey, Cadel, and Cirrus attend the "Festival of Lights" celebration at the Mariposa Museum, our local Museum of World Culture. Here are Stacey and Cirrus wearing festive troll hats for one of the stories. Yes, the hat is bigger than Cirrus!
Cadel gets ready to go out and play one cold morning. If you can read the thermometer in the photo you can see it is -2 degrees Fahrenheit. Cadel is not to be deterred.
We all took part in the Christmas Pageant at our local church's Christmas Eve service. Cadel was assigned the role of one of the shepherds and Senja "his" sheep. She was SO excited to wear a "fuzzy fuzzy suit" and was more than happy to follow her big brother around. Cirrus, being the youngest member of the participants played the role of Baby Jesus. While not exactly newborn size at 10 months, he played the role well of the Baby Jesus as depicted in the Nativity scenes of the Renaissance painters. And, instead of sleeping through the performance, or laying quietly in Mary's arms, he spend his time in the limelight happily smiling at the congregation and pulling at the vines on the stable. Stacey, by default as the mother of Baby Jesus, got the role of the angel who 'delivers' the Baby Jesus to Mary (and who then sits next to the stable in case the baby is not cooperating!). Justin even got a role, being a light bearer. We all had quite a bit of fun.
We went to Tuckaway (the Cox Family Farm) the day after Christmas for a few days of horse-drawn sleigh rides, skiing excursions, and lots of playtime with cousins. Here are all six of them!
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