{"id":654,"date":"2013-12-20T01:19:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T01:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eaumaison.wordpress.com\/2013\/12\/20\/ho-ho-ho-were-back"},"modified":"2013-12-20T01:19:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T01:19:00","slug":"ho-ho-ho-were-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaumaison.us\/index.php\/2013\/12\/20\/ho-ho-ho-were-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho Ho Ho &#8211; We&#8217;re Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I made a quick recovery and now the whole family is HEALTHY!\u00a0 Jack has sprung back to life.\u00a0 His imagination and his appetite are both in full swing.\u00a0 With all the presents bought, parties done, and errands run, we are in spontaneous jolly mode.\u00a0 Pics below. (kind of wonky, I realized part way through that flickr changed my default code, and I&#8217;m too lazy to fix them all. \ud83d\ude1b )<\/p>\n<p>Adorable Sunday outfits:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457543725\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457543725\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Self-wrapped present to send to Maine:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457648456\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457648456\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We delivered on foot to the UPS store:<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457586044\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457586044\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Which had cookies!\u00a0 and toys! and a tree!<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457645436\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457645436\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Devouring cupcakes from Amanda<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457537305\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457537305\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Sharing toys with brother<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457536105\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457536105\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Showing me his &#8220;Shield attack upgrade&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457636816\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457636816\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>From today, Jack practice wrapping more presents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457698773\/\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3692\/11457698773_abbdc493f8_z.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We made BOTH tree ornaments and cookies today.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457566744\/\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.staticflickr.com\/2813\/11457566744_453a1f5a2e_z.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457565614\/\" style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" title=\"Untitled by rachelsmason, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7397\/11457565614_dc540a0cab_z.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Feeling jealous of Ben&#8217;s Christmas party at work, I took the kids to Chick-fil-A.\u00a0 Sam was sleepy.\u00a0 Jack was ecstatic.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457631316\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457631316\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>I had to buy a peppermint chocolate chip milkshake to share with Jack, because he lost so much weight.\u00a0 It was for his heath, guys.\u00a0 I HAD to.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457523695\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457523695\/player\/<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457695083\/player\/\">http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/rachelsmason\/11457695083\/player\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Waiting for Ben to come, I let Jack play Skylanders while I sat with Sam.\u00a0 Ahh, knitting and ballet.\u00a0 I found a new-to-me <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pO1tGHD6zr8\">Nutcracker on youtube<\/a>!\u00a0 It opens in a kitchen with sausages and carcasses, Drosselmeier looks like Nosferatu with a mustache, and the family is like the Thenardiers in Act 3 of Les Miserables.\u00a0 Can&#8217;t wait to see the rest of this.\u00a0 It&#8217;s from the Mariinsky Ballet.\u00a0 Those crazy Russians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I made a quick recovery and now the whole family is HEALTHY!\u00a0 Jack has sprung back to life.\u00a0 His imagination and his appetite are both in full swing.\u00a0 With all the presents bought, parties done, and errands run, we are in spontaneous jolly mode.\u00a0 Pics below. 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