On Christmas Day (in the morning), we made our way
to the elevator
and down to breakfast where the waffle instructions were not as good as we might have hoped
but we still had this spread
as Ben
Suzanne
and Jane
enjoyed their meals before we headed off to Norma's. Once there, Ben
checked out the candy boxes
and Ben
played with the napkins
and then Ben
tried to make the chocolate turkey disappear
as Sarah opened the arrangement from the chocolate mousse
and the Goodness Gracie cookies
merged
along with the dreidel
as we opened the cookies
and Jane hid part
and then all of her face with hair
as I played hide and seek
much to Sarah's amusement
before the experimental pictures (more to come) were taken
and the profile shots of Sarah
and my self profile
led Sarah to take to take a picture of herself and her food
so that we could make our way to the Loew's theater
where after some of the large drinks
and some snacks
we saw Yours, Mine and Ours, a perfect Xmas day movie. On the way back to the hotel, we admired John Minadeo School
and when leaving the hotel, we saw a pizza box from Mineo's, so it was really a trip back to my roots.
We rode the elevator down as Jane and Ben tried to take pictures of pictures
bid farewell (for now) to the Residence Inn
and made our way to Norma's for the menorah lighting
after which Sarah
Ben
Jane
and Norma showed off their gifts
and Jane
and Sarah
and Jane again
showed what they could do with the wrapping materials. Even at these ages, the packaging materials are as exciting as the gift itself.
Next we went to Aunt Sally's where the couches were full
as Andy
Norma Sue
Dolly
and Debbie
were undoubtedly intrigued by my ability to take self portraits
but I then passed the camera to Katy who took these pictures often at odd angles and often with the guidance of Jane
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These well preserved badges were first presented the Andy
then to Danny
and then to Sam
after which some group photos were taken of the newly sworn deputies
and after a little conversation between Jane and me
and some resting of Ben
a conversation between Norma and Jane
and Sarah's amusement
it was time to see whether Sam or I was taller
before we adjourned back to Norma's where Andy and Katy were settled
and this missed profile shot
led to more Blair Witch on Jane's part
as Ben
and Sarah
wondered whether Ben's present would be found
but fortunately Suzanne found it
and Ben was very excited to have his iPod shuffle
as Suzanne admired the packaging
Ben realized he needed a CPU from which to download
and Sarah checked for phone messages
so that we could call it a night.