December, 2005



Sam's first Christmas

This was a sweet moment Christmas morning when I asked Kale to go into my bed and tell Sammy "Merry Christmas" and that Santa's been here.

Sam is enthralled as you can see.



Aden proves his strength by hoisting the tree to the van himself. That's my man.



Kale was so excited to use his beloved saw in the woods today. A real scout.



"When we lived on the mainland for a year we used to visit a horse ranch nearby. As a toddler, Kale was crazy about horses and would see them and shout hoyays, hoyays! He loved to touch their soft muzzles." (photo not from December 2005 but was uploaded to Flickr then, for some reason)




Sam becomes aware of his hands today. How very cool, says he. Cool enough that he goes cross-eyed for minutes trying to look at them.

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