(Now you know you weren't personally left out - no one received one. And let me tell you, while the
photo shoot was not exactly a train wreck, it also wasn't smooth sailing - mixed metaphors, anyone?)
A million years ago (okay, three weeks) we went to Arizona
to see Grandmom and Grandad and fun was had by all. Both of them did us the favor of owning New Balance 
brand shoes which have that big "N" on them. Because he has his own way of looking at the world, and despite the fact that his own name starts with "N", Nolan refers to them as "Z shoes." As in, "That man/woman/kiddo is wearing Z shoes!" pointing to passersby who might be wondering what he's commenting on. Well, we "kicked" off the new year with a pair of his very own! But I digress...back to Arizona...There were trips to playgrounds, the train park
and the zoo; coloring with markers and reading books; eating pancakes with blueberries and devouring many, many tangerines. Zadie
did a lot of hanging out in the living room amongst it all, enjoying the chaos and the beautiful Christmas tree. Too soon it was over and back home we came. Can't wait till next time!
Auntie Sue hosted her Gingerbread House decorating party. Now, Nolan may know his alphabet and his numbers; he can even read some words and we all know how talented he his at remembering things (are you wondering if there is a point, or if I am just bragging? me too!) but he decorated his house in two sittings and then finally, finally looked at all those bowls of candy and I could almost see that gear in his brain fall into place as he reached out and put a peep-style-squishy, sugar-coated, blindingly green christmas-tree-shaped candy in his mouth and start chewing. It wasn't unlike the Grinch realizing that Christmas might be more than just the trimmings and trappings. He ate more off his house in the following days until it was too hard and stale to even break off a bite.
Speaking of breaks, I'll take a breather for today - up next:
Zadie's first Christmas and turning 5 months old!
Cousins, cousins and more cousins!
Ringing in the new year (spoiler alert - we were all asleep by 9:45 pm)
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...and she's pinned. Nolan wins first wrestling match.
What fun AZ was. Such wonderful memories Brenda and Jim are building for these guys...
And, of course, glad you're back in the blogging business!
ahhh...the annual Christmas card shoot. The thrill of "just say still one more sec-....no! what are you doing?" (The first time my nephew and niece posed -- at 29 & 4 months old -- they were both sitting on the couch. He was hugging her from behind or maybe doing the Heimlich. She was waterworks.)
Anyway, glad to hear you all had a nice Christmas break! I might just get some Z shoes myself.
miss you guys!
Kev
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