12.5.11 (Monday) - It's beginning to look a lot like . . . 12.4.11 (Sunday) - Christmas at Mt. Vernon. Poor camel.

12.3.11 (Saturday) - Our neighbor gave the kids an Elf on the Shelf (Elford) and they're all big believers. 12.2.11 (am again) (Friday) - P wanted me to take with her eyes closed. Funny how sometimes they dread the camera and sometimes they beg for the camera. I liked playing with the effect from the blinds. 12.2.11 (am) (Friday) - Frost.

12.1.11 (Thursday) - School starts at 9 am, I thought this meant that I had to have my child there by 9 am. Apparently I am wrong. Rather all the "cool" kids arrive by 8:40 so they can play outside for awhile. So as of today this is how we roll. And I'm lucky if I have time to change out of pajamas. 11.30.11 (Wednesday) - I didn't really feel like taking photos today. F's "boyfriend" came over after school, he was so nice and polite that future boyfriends now have quite a high standard to live up to.

11.29.11 (Tuesday) - Wish I would have taken more pictures, we had the girls' cousin staying with us for the last two days and they all seemed so happy together. 11.28.11 (Monday) - F loves to play this pushing game with her friends after school. Sort of odd but it makes them happy. T keeps beating the trees. 11.27.11 (Sunday) - Last of the season's photoshoots. Love this family.

11.26.11 (Saturday) - Delaware Agricultural Museum (Dover, DE). This place was amazing. So much to see.

11.25.11 (Friday) - Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge (Dover, DE) at dusk. Wow. I love mini-vacations. 11.24.11 (Thursday) - Thanksgiving at Jesse and Amie's house. So wonderful to watch the cousins all play together.

11.23.11 pm (Wednesday) - The rain stopped so we spent the afternoon at National Zoo with Auntie Laurie. We watched an orangutan play computer games, P kept asking "why do only the orangutans get to play that game? I want to play too." Then we came home and built with playshapes. The day made us all wish that Auntie Laurie didn't live so far away. 11.23.11 am (Wednesday) - A rainy morning, so the kids built a fort under our patio table. Very occupy wall-streetesque. They even tried to make a blanket out a baby wipes. So industrious. 11.22.11 (Tuesday) - We built T's action figure a house, though it looked more like a jail. Funny how that works. 11.21.11 (Monday) - It rained on Sunday night, but the morning was sunny and warm. A beautiful walk to school.