Annual traditions

afternoon gardening, Alec has about 3 green tomatoes in his mouth,
and wouldn't give me back the shovel.

So we're heading past Alec's first birthday and that means that there are some holidays that he's experienced twice already, although he probably isn't conscious of this. For example - my birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and now the general winter holiday season, including the Corina, Mark, and Eva's 2nd annual holiday dinner last weekend.

They just moved into their new house about 6 weeks ago, and this was our first visit - very nice and comfortable. This year the little ones were much more active, including Alec, who was in fine form:

He's really perfecting his climbing skills!

Hanging out with Adair in her fancy dress

We got the kids to settle down for one of their periodic photo sessions on the couch.


And once they were in bed, settled in for a delicious multicourse dinner. And some wine.
Needless to say, we all slept in on Sunday...