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ATTENTION ALL PARENTS AND OLDER SIBLINGS! THIS MAY (OR MAY NOT) COMPLETELY CHANGE YOUR LIVES! (MOST LIKELY NOT)

The Jet Pack

 What you see here is the latest way to carry a hyper child a short distance. This is called The Jet Pack. The child's feet are held in front of the carrier, one leg on each shoulder.  It does require the child to cooperate, so this is recommended strictly as a less painful alternate to a piggy-back ride. :)
Ce que vous voyez ici est la dernière manière de porter un enfant hyper courte distance. C'est ce qu'on appelle le Jet Pack. Les pieds de l'enfant ont lieu en face de la porte, un pied sur chaque épaule. Il exige le bambin à coopérer, c'est donc recommandé strictement comme une alternative moins douloureuse pour une balade ferroutage. :)

Scenery Paysage

 Road                   Foggy Mountains

 Pink Mountains

Awesome!

The Last Hurrah!

This was the very last party... :')
Il s'agissait de la toute derniere partie...:')

 Definition of my family: My-fam-i-ly; noun; 1. Strength in numbers; 2. Party

Definition de ma famille: Ma-fam-ille; nom; 1. La force du nombre; 2. De party

 J-dogs!

 Half of us are in alien costumes, half are not.

La moitie d'entre nous sont dans des costumes exotiques, la moitie le sont pas.

Either he's Jabba the Hut or he's cold.

 "It's kind of hard to criss-cross" -My cousin in that yellow thing.

"C'est un peu difficile de s'asseoir croisee." -Mon cousin dans cette chose jaune.

  We plan the costume party you see above.

Nous prevoyons la fete costumee vu ci-dessus.

 Chillin'
Relaxation

 Apples to Apples

'Road Kill' won the 'Chewy' adjective. Don't ask me, I wasn't the judge.

Happy New Year!

This was my New Years Celebration! Ce fut ma Celebration du Nouvel An!

 Cousins and a whipped-cream maker.
 Cousins et une machine a creme fouettee.

 

 Cousins

Bingo!

New Years Party!

Birthdays!

Tradition

My grandparents have a hot tub...

 Yes, that is snow in the background.

Oui, c'est de la neige en arriere-plan.

Grandpa, you are totally justified. It was cold out there.

Oh, like you don't know what a dare is. ;)

Oh, comme vous ne savez pas ce que c'est un defi. ;)

Another weird thing my brother did...

I don't know. Je ne sais pas.
See two other cute things here and here. Les liens vont a deux autres messages mignons sur mon frere.

Cousins

We spent a few days with some cousins on my dad's side.
Nous avons passe quelques jours chez des cousins du cote de mon pere.
This was a time of...
Ce fut un temps de...

Sledding...

Luge...

Birthdays...

Anniversaires...

Accidentally putting toothpaste on the wrong side of the toothbrush...
Accidentellement mettre du dentrifrice sur le mauvais cote de la brosse a dents...

And staying in pajamas!

Et de rester en pyjama!

It was great to see you G, O, H, D, E, M, T, and B!

Stay Tuned For More! Restez branches pour plus!

Christmas at Grandma J's

We spent Christmas morning at my grandparents' house, then went to my other Grandma's house in the afternoon and had a big family bash. It was great to see everyone again.
Nous avons passe le matin de Noel a la maison de mes grand-parents, puis se rendit a mon autre maison de grand-mere dans l'apres-midi et a eu une grande fete.

 Baby L has grown so much! He is no longer a baby!

 Mon cousin a L beaucoup grandi depuis que je l'ai vu!

 Me and my cousins and siblings.

We had lovely piano accompaniment by Maestro L while opening Christmas gifts. Thankyou!

Nous avons eu beau piano par le Maestro L lors de l'ouverture des cadeaux de Noel. ;)

 All my older cousin L wanted was Doritos...wise...

 Me and grandma. (The sweatshirt I'm wearing was a Christmas present.)

 My cousin H and my sister A hold up a new scarf.

Matching shirts from Grandma J.

Can't forget Sally! :)

 

 All the grandkids.

 After dinner we played a game designed to make you look ridiculous. :)

Apres le diner, nous avons joue un jeu concu pour rendre un regard ridicule. :)

I hula-danced...

H was a Brodway show girl...

My brothers tangoed...

L wore a bib...

A impersonated popping pop-corn...

These are just a few of the things that the cards in this game told us to do. :)

This was a really fun get-together! Merry Christmas everybody!

                                       Joyeux Noel a tous!