1/15/2012

Snow! Finally. Well, we really only got about an inch and a half, but in our neighborhood that should mean that we'll have snow around for the next month or so. It can't be very bad because papa took the car our this afternoon to go to a wedding at the shul.

Nana came to visit and we had loads of cookies and other treats for people who came by for visiting and dinners and stuff. Thankfully, we got to sample them too, early and often.

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 I could learn a thing or two from nana, like now I can be a two fisted cookie eater. COOKIE!

Okay, back to our calm outward appearance as we plan for world domination. Step one, control the banks. Step two, control the oil companies. Step three, return our library books on time. Step four, eat celebratory cookies. What has any of this got to do with two guys reading books on a couch? Slow news week, obviously.

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1/1/2012

Happy Chanukah. Happy Solstice. Happy New Year everybody. Rejoice -- the days are getting longer. Good thing, too -- since it's fully dark at, like, 4:30 pm, our parents think it must be time for us to go to bed. (To that we say, Feh! It's winter break -- clocks are irrelevant.)

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One of the fun things we did during Grandma and Grandpa's visit was make cream puffs and decorate cookies... er, no, TWO of the fun things.... and here are two loyal members of the Quality Qontrol Qommittee, reporting for duty.

Unlike how our Mom learned how to make cookies in Home Ec ("first you take the pre-made dough..."), WE make our dough from scratch. Er -- scratch that; Grandma makes the dough from scratch, and we step in for the fun parts.

Sponge... scalpel... clamp...

Any time you're ready, cookies...

Artists at work, carrying on the family tradition.

We're a mostly cooperative team, sharing colors and so forth, though our specific styles are still evident.

Spécialités de la maison. Try to guess...

...which artiste....

...came up with which chef d'oeuvre. (And who put their cookies on top of a comic book?!?)

Ah, the festival of lights... and books... and (trying not to) laugh(s).

 
Our neighbors bring us special December cookies every year (yum!). This year we invited them to come decorate with us. We don't have pix of their cookies, but trust us, these girls know how to wield colors!

A guy can get self-conscious after a while.

Time to relax after a harrowing day of play. (Thanks Esther for letting us share your couch.)

Sixth night already?? We need more latkes.

I wonder what would have happened if the Maccabees had all insisted on lighting their own chanukiot...

...seems like the holiday would be a bit shorter.

Happy 2012 everyone! Can we go to sleep now? How do you turn down the volume on all those fireworks?

I know I won't sleep a wink -- but I just couldn't resist!

What are you staring at -- doesn't everyone get a celebratory direct-injected wallop of whipped cream on New Year's Day morning?

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