We had a nice Christmas break here at Casa Dwyer (hence the lapse in updates to this blog). Here is a quick recap of the highlights:
To kick off the season, we had the good fortune of being invited to a couple of holiday parties. We had the even better fortune of having babysitters in the form of G-Pa and Sue to come take care of our little dudes. Here is a rare photo of just the two of us!
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On December 25th- the craziest thing happened. Santa Claus came to our house and left gifts for our children! For over a month, Sam had been asking for a guitar and Santa came through big time. This thing is the most fun I've ever seen $25 deliver. It's amazing what Costco and China can do when they join forces. Here he is playing the guitar Christmas morning (on one of the rare occasions when *I'm* not playing it):
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A couple of days after Christmas, we went down to see Grandma and Grandpa in Connecticut. Sam didn't need any prompting to pose for this picture with Sarah- he just naturally likes climbing all over her:
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Sarah arranged for a group gift for Grandma and Grandpa- a "
Presto". Very cool little machine- a printer that connects to the internet and checks for E-mails 3x a day. If you know them, be sure to drop them a note from time to time: amoreandpop@presto.com. Here they are checking it for the first time:
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Happy New Year everyone!