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December 21, 2015

Christmas in DC

Tuesday, December 22nd

On Tuesday I bought a bunch of these awesome hand-drawn Christmas Cards done by my neighbor who is intellectually disabled and raises money each year by hand-drawing HUNDREDS of these great cards.
art ˆ card ˆ drawing ˆ xmas
She signs her name on the back of all of them!
art ˆ card ˆ drawing ˆ xmas
Took care of all of my plants before heading down to DC for Christmas!
cactus ˆ kitchen ˆ plants
Succulent row.
cactus ˆ plants
I love these cacti so much (even though I am SUPER allergic to them).
cactus
Picked up some edibles so my mom could try one!
weed

Wednesday, December 23rd

There used to be a building here! Construction on the way to Penn Station.
construction
maddy
Headed down to DC on the train.
train ˆ maddy
maddy
With my little stowaway.
dog in a bag ˆ maddy
Unseasonably warm and in the high 50s!
train
dad, max, mom
Made to my brother's house just in time for lasagna. Yes!
food ˆ dad ˆ max ˆ mom

Thursday, December 24th

Woke up to the smell of fresh baked almond croissants!
croissant
max
Breakfast with Max in his Halloween jammies.
breakfast ˆ croissant ˆ max
dad, max, mom
Pop Pop helping Max put a bracelet on.
dad ˆ max ˆ mom
amy b, brett
Later that afternoon, I took Brett to a music store and bought him a guitar for Christmas! He'd been wanting to learn for a while. Learning that first Amaj chord!
gift ˆ guitar ˆ xmas ˆ amy b ˆ brett

Friday, December 25th

amy b
Max woke me up at 7:30 so he could open presents! Came downstairs to find Amy hard at work making Monkeybread! Yes!
cooking ˆ monkeybread ˆ amy b
amy b, max, mom
Max had just turned 3..
gift ˆ xmas ˆ xmas tree ˆ amy b ˆ max ˆ mom
dad, me
...fun age to watch him...
camera ˆ xmas ˆ dad ˆ me
max, mom
...tear through all his presents!
gift ˆ xmas ˆ max ˆ mom
max
Yes to anything Star Wars related.
gift ˆ xmas ˆ max
amy b, maddy, max
Maddy got a new chew toy!
xmas ˆ amy b ˆ maddy ˆ max
After all the gifts were unwrapped, we sat down for breakfast!
breakfast ˆ monkeybread
dad
Dad approves of Christmas morning Monkey Bread breakfast!
food ˆ monkeybread ˆ thumbs up ˆ xmas ˆ dad
amy b, max
Max checking out new toys.
amy b ˆ max
amy b, brett, max
Brett played some guitar.
guitar ˆ xmas ˆ amy b ˆ brett ˆ max
brett, max
Max was eager to help with the strumming.
guitar ˆ xmas ˆ brett ˆ max
dad, max, mom
Lunch!
dad ˆ max ˆ mom
max
Waffle-eating cutie.
messy hair ˆ waffle ˆ max
dad, mom
Mom gave us stocking stuffers with Florida lottery tickets. I won $2 and she offered to buy me out so I didn't have to wait until my next trip to Florida to redeem my WINNINGS.
scratchers ˆ xmas ˆ dad ˆ mom
dad, max
Pop Pop & Max
tickle ˆ dad ˆ max
maddy, me
Xmas dog kisses.
kiss ˆ maddy ˆ me

Saturday, December 26th

brett, teddy
The next day it was 70 degrees out! Crazy town!
brett ˆ teddy
amy b, max, mom
Took Max and the dogs out for a long walk around the neighborhood.
walking ˆ amy b ˆ max ˆ mom
Brett's neighbor Craig puts out an excellent light-up Black Santa (Blanta!) every year.
santa
amy b, brett
That evening, our parents watched Max and Brett & Amy went out for a much needed kid-free meal.
amy b ˆ brett
amy b, brett, teddy
Every night after Max goes to bed, Teddy all but leaps into Amy's arms. My turn for attention!
amy b ˆ brett ˆ teddy

Sunday, December 27th

On Sunday afternoon, I bid the family farewell...
...threw my pooch in a bag...
...and rode the train home!
jared, maddy
That evening Jared and Gurj came over...
jared ˆ maddy
jared, jeet
...and we had a Thai food feast hang! Happy holidays!
e9th apt ˆ living room ˆ thai food ˆ jared ˆ jeet