Didn't post last week because I was too discombobled to know it was Sunday...
So here's some Christmas pictures! I swear I had more of these, but I can't seem to find them now. If I find them later, I will post.
First, Christmas Eve. This year we opened one present each that night, then the rest Christmas morning:
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| Our Christmas tree this year -- it was a bit gappy and not the best because there was apparently a tree shortage this year. |
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| Osric was really excited to have this, and we have now played it enough to know where all the ambiguous rules are, because we have argued about them. |
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| This is definitely one of Corwin's favorite gifts -- the Dungeons and Dragons Starter Set. He immediately sat down and started reading the rules and adventure, and now wants to run a game for the family. |
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| Lego! Much Lego was had this Christmas -- the house is bit awash in them. |
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| Playing Trouble with Oz |
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| Saffron organized her Lego extensively before building |
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| He is actually happy at this time, but all the pictures of him smiling were blurry. :P |
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| Christmas morning |
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| Giant yeti castle thing -- this goes with his giant yeti thing |
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| This is a pretty cool set -- it's like a cross between Lego and old school Construx. He's built the crossbow and it works quite well, and also pretty sturdy. I am impressed. |
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| Saffron got a few Barbie sets this year -- she's gotten a bit back into them. This is a bee keeper set, and she also got a set with a dog that gives birth to puppies. |
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| Harry Potter GOOD. This kid got lots of HP this year, much to her delight. |
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| Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots. This game is moderately loud by itself, but turns into extremely loud with the two boys playing/yelling at each other |
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| I don't know where the other T-shirt pictures I took went, but Oz got this one, Corwin also got a ninja one, I got a pyromaniac squirrel with a flamethrower, and the husband got a DnD dungeon diving one |
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| Saffron got a bit of Hogwarts -- the Whomping Willow, and a portion of the castle, including Snape's office and the Gryffindor dormitories |
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| This is a Lego stop-motion movie making set; expect some movies in the near future... |
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| A Harry Potter dragon -- the wings on it are posable, so I believe right now it's hooked on her bed |
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| I bought the husband a Star Wars Y-wing Lego set -- this is a big model. It's not as fancy as the special black box edition (which is something like $300), but very nice all the same. Eventually would be cool to display this and our other Star Wars sets together somehow. |
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| These Hot Wheels city sets are pretty cool -- the kids bought these sets for each other. They hook together, and also hook up to the regular HW sets, so you can make a giant area to drive your cars around in. The boys' have used their own money to buy another four sets since then. Oz really wants you to know that he bought himself a color shifter car that changes color when in hot or cold water. Connecting all the sets together takes up about half the living room right now. |
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| Finished HP set -- this took her quite a while to do, but she was able to complete it by herself |
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| Corwin got this building set to create a motorized bug -- it walks around by itself! Pretty cool set, though he needed help with some of the screws, since the holes weren't very well aligned |
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| Finished bug -- this guy will actually walk over bumps and stuff too, so if you get it started and forget about it, you may find it someplace surprising |
There is tons of stuff I don't have pictures of -- I got a ton of music, including some stuff by The Sweet, which is really good if you aren't familiar. Comic books, a few movies, fancy chocolates... yeah, was nice. I took about a week and a half off work and mostly
actually didn't work,
sorta. Did very little of anything, actually. :)
