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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Last, but certainly not least: 6th and final Christmas with Jon’s clan
January 9, 2010 at 9:52 pm
The following morning we headed down to Hudson to see Grammy Bev, Aunt Kelly, and cousins Timmy and Tyler. By then, Sylvie had become a pro at being passed around and didn’t bat an eye, even when 12 year-old Timmy and 10 year-old Emily helped take care of her in Kelly’s shop while Mama got [...]
Christmas #5: Grandpa and Mary
January 6, 2010 at 11:57 pm
After leaving Beanie’s, we traveled a few miles down the road to Dad’s house. The old farmhouse where I spent my weekends as a child had been completely renovated since the last time we saw it and we were blown away by the changes. The kitchen looks like something out of a magazine! Sylvie was [...]
Christmas #4: Ilene’s Little Red Schoolhouse
January 6, 2010 at 11:31 pm
After leaving Grandma Linda’s, we ambled out to the countryside to visit Ilene. We had a lovely lunch together (french onion soup from complete scratch, including the stock!) and enjoyed catching up and checking out her latest home renovations. Good to see you, Beanie! Come visit soon!
Christmas #3: Grandma Linda’s
January 6, 2010 at 11:02 pm
The day after Christmas (aka our wedding anniversary), we left at the crack of dawn and headed to Saratoga to visit Grandma Linda and Herbert. Unfortunately, I forgot to warn my mom of Sylvie’s periodic stranger anxiety, and poor Grandma was greeted with screams of terror as I tried to pass Sylvie to her. Fortunately, [...]
Wordless Wednesday: Standing on Tara Edition
January 6, 2010 at 3:06 pm
First family Christmas!
January 5, 2010 at 10:53 pm
For the first time ever, the Brousseau family stayed put right here in Somerville. That’s right: no packing, no traveling, no coordinating schedules, no nuthin’. It was fantastic! We woke up around 7:00 and snuggled as a family together for at least another hour before lazily wandering out to see what surprises lay in store [...]
Early Christmas with the lovely ladies
January 3, 2010 at 10:54 pm
During the week leading up to Christmas, Sylvie got to spend lots of fun quality time with her good buddies, Phoebe and Julia. On the 22nd, the ladies had their own little Christmas gift exchange. Sylvie had a great time opening her gifts and even sampled her first non-food solid in the form of wrapping [...]
All I wanted for Christmas was my two front teeth
January 2, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Got ‘em!
Big snow!
January 2, 2010 at 3:27 pm
A few days before Christmas, we had our first official big snowfall with somewhere in the vicinity of 7-10 inches! Sylvie and I bundled up and headed out into the winter wonderland. We watched Daddy shovel for a bit, and when that got boring we wandered around the neighborhood checking out newly-built snowmen, romping dogs, [...]
Illuminations tour
January 2, 2010 at 3:06 pm
In what will undoubtedly be another annual tradition for our little family, on December 19th, we headed down to City Hall and hopped aboard a trolley for the annual Somerville Illuminations tour. Somervillains are famous for putting on some pretty spectacular light shows. For some reason, at least from what I gathered from the running [...]