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December 01, 2010

Happy Hanukkah!

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Hanukkah brings out all the different sides of Ethan

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And Max

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But the angels come back when they know presents are coming

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I have a little dreidel ...

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Max practicing his Hanukkah song (movie):

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December 02, 2010

A breakfast concert from Max (movies)

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On the second night of Hanukkah, Max finally got to light the candles

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December 03, 2010

Illini Hockey

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December 04, 2010

A prediction of 1-4 inches turned into 9 inches of snow.

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Bring it on!

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A Snow Ethan

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And Max got pelted with snow balls!

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And then tried to bury himself

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Finally, Ethan got to work

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This snow man is missing something

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Something is still missing ... ahh, that's better

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He's about my size ...

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Where'd that snow come from?

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The snow was deep at the Forsyth's too

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Building a gingerbread house with Kate

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The finished product

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Kate tries her hand at lighting the Hanukkah candles

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And of course a few presents for all of the kids

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Ready, set, eat!

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December 05, 2010

The snow was still there Sunday morning, so we all headed to the sledding hill near Orchard Downs with Siggi and his dad.

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Siggi was the first to go

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Then Ethan ...

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and finally, Max!

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And then they kept on going ...

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One, two, three ... push!

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Wipeout!

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Oh what fun ...

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Ethan and Max took off together

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Back up the hill .. again

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Rob tested the sled too

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Max enjoyed being pulled

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but had the most fun going down the hill with daddy!

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Give him a big push!

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December 06, 2010

A visit to Lisa and LaDonna's Kindergarten room at Leal.

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Freddy's dad talked a little about Hanukkah

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December 10, 2010

Practicing for the holiday party (movies)

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And one round of Yellow Submarine (movie)

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December 11, 2010

Samantha's birthday party at the Savoy Rec center

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December 13, 2010

The Super Star Holiday Party

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First came the 12 days of Christmas

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Movie: (lo-res, hi-res-1 and hi-res-2)
PC130112.AVI http://mobius.cs.uiuc.edu/pics/movies/movies10/MOV1CB.MOD http://mobius.cs.uiuc.edu/pics/movies/movies10/MOV1CC.MOD


Then the Hanukkah Song (sung to "I've been working on the railroad")

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Movie: (lo-res, hi-res)

PC130113.AVI http://mobius.cs.uiuc.edu/pics/movies/movies10/MOV1CD.MOD

And the Kwanza song (sung to "B-I-N-G-O")

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Movie (lo-res, hi-res):

PC130114.AVI http://mobius.cs.uiuc.edu/pics/movies/movies10/MOV1CE.MOD

Finally, Feliz Navidad

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Movie (lo-res, hi-res):

PC130115.AVI http://mobius.cs.uiuc.edu/pics/movies/movies10/MOV1CF.MOD

Finally, snacks for everyone!

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Max likes the girls

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Max's teachers, Stacy, Kristen and Alyssa

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That's not a box ... it's a robot!

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December 16, 2010

Holiday party at Leal

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December 20, 2010

Off to California we went. We stopped off in Santa Monica and got Grandma Joyce and Elijah. Our first destination: SeaLife Aquarium at LegoLand

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Ethan's in there somewhere

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The fishies are mesmerizing

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Sea stars (AKA starfish) - for Max, it was all looking and no touching

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On to find the sharks

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Ethan met a Lego diver

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The members of my Atlantis team

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More fish and sharks and rays ...

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Ethan took a second chance to pets the sea stars

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An underworld adventure

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SHARK!!!!!

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Even worse .. sponge bob!

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Ethan Lost his first tooth!

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December 21, 2010

It was still raining, so we went to the Santa Ana Children's Museum. Ethan headed for the climbing wall.

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And helped Joyce make smoke rings

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But the tornado was cool

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Say "blub"

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Next stop, the science of hockey. Elijah tried his hand at defending the goal.

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While Ethan tried to score

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Just one word: Zamboni

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The next goalies?

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Everyone wants to be a hockey star

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Slipping and sliding

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Pipes and tennis blass, what more do you need?

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Virtual Beach Volley Ball!

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He's got the whole world in his hands ... or is that the sun?

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Inside the wind tube

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Ahh, time for a nap .. on a bed of nails!


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And some cool shadows before we left

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December 22, 2010

San Diego Wild Animal Park. On the rainy days, all of the animals come out.

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Everyon was in awe of the big cats

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Our wild animlas stayed on the tram

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But the wild animals in the park were amazing

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On a safari

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An amazing Merry-go-round. We all wanted to ride it for the rest of the day!

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December 23, 2010

We spent Mommy's birthday at Seaworld. Although it started off cloudy and drizzling, the day cleared up really nicely.

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First stop, the dolphin pool

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Movie:

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Max made a friend

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Shamu and the orca show .. we avoided the splash zone!

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The sea lion was a great commedian


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But everyone loved the penguins!


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Max wanted everything he found ...

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The baluga and the polar bear were enjoying the cooler weather

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Inside an ice cave ...

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And finally the dolphin show!

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Happy Birthday!

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The boys enjoyed a bedtime reading from Elijah

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December 24, 2010

The wethaer finally cleared up and we headed for LegoLand. It was packed, but everyon had a blast.

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A quick boat ride to get a lay of the land

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Of course we all loved the mini NYC

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And mini Washington DC!

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Waiting in line for the Pharaoh's Revenge

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Hamming it up for the camera a lunch time

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A scary witch

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SHAAAAAARK!

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Too cool

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The boys ran the fire truck race

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Exploring the park with Max

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Off to the races .. Go Ethan!

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A race on the smaller track with Max

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They earned their Lego Licenses

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Jump! (movies)

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Ethan, Max and Bob!

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Het Chwie ...

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Good-bye LegoLand .. hope to come back soon!

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December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas from Palm Springs!
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The booty!

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Some afternoon downtime enjoying the new DS games

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Cousin night at the movies ...

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December 26, 2010

A nice day to play on the playground

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But a better day to bounce (movie):

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December 27, 2010

Morning swim with Marc and Elijah

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Everybody Jump! (movies)

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A real California Roadrunner!

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Max and Ethan's first tennis class

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Movies:

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Marc and Elijah played on the little court :)

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December 28, 2010

We love our morning swims in our own private pool ...

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Catching Max (movies)

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Warming up in the hot tub

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And back to the tennis courts

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The big boys went off to play golf

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Fore! (movie)

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Oops! Don't blame the cameraman! (movie)

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Ahh, that's better... (movie)

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A best is best when read by someone you love

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December 29, 2010

Wash day on our vacation .. almost as good as Disney!

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December 30, 2010

The routine is set ... morning swim

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1, 2, 3, Jump! (movies)

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The local photographer

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Say cheese, Marc

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And back to the tennis courts

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A night out with the Kooper boys!

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Happy Birthday, Jan!

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December 31, 2010

One last tennis lesson ...

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Happy New Year!

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Ethan didn't quite make it until midnight

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But Max was having fun taking pictures ...

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