Sorry we took so long posting this. It's been a crazy holiday. We spent the first few free days finishing up our Christmas shopping (or present making in some cases) and working on grad school applications (which I can now say are done!!! Maybe a few weeks after our goal, but hey we only missed one deadline --I'm afraid Seattle is out of the runnings.) We got a little carried away with other fun activities such as snow shoveling, sledding, more snow shoveling . . . man we had quite the white Christmas this year . . . oh, and playing racquetball with Richard's dad. Ethan and I went one of the days while Richard and his dad played. Ethan just ran around one of the empty courts with a bunch of balls, and played with his grandpa when I played against Richard. His dad won all the games, including ping-pong, but Richard was a good sport about it.
It was all a fun break from school, and Ethan enjoyed having his dad around so much. I especially enjoyed it because it meant that most days I got to sleep in. Christmas dawned slowly with a foot of snow on the ground --including the roads, and fierce winds and snow. The snow removal crews must have taken the day off, because there was no plowing going on at all. This made it impossible for us to join with our extended family (who only lived three or four blocks away might I add) for Christmas festivities, so we just had a quiet Christmas at home just the three of us. It only took Ethan until about 4 pm to open all his presents since he would play with each one for a while before opening another, but hey, why rush? Afterwards, we all went out and played in the snow since the wind had mostly stopped. Ethan realized for the first time that falling into the snow did not hurt, and so, losing all inhibition, would hurl himself into the snow every chance he got. He did however learn that it was not fun to get snow in your face,under your shirt, or to lose gloves and boots. The day after Christmas, we were finally able to gather with Richard's family and celebrate with a yummy lasagne lunch, gift exchanging, music, and family pictures.
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That raquetball echo is such a nostalgic sound, and Dad still shows some huss! Also, the court reminded me of Load Wad.
You could've shared SOME snow with us:)
I am glad you got such great footage of Isaac with the snow and that all your travels were safe.
We loved our reunion DVD! Thanks so much for your work on that!
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