We’ve gone to parties, we’ve wrapped our gifts, we’ve made our cookies and we’ve sent our cards.  We’ve filled our home with the smell of cinnamon, we’ve decorated our humble tree outside, one of us played a Magi onstage and one of us saw Jake Gyllanhal onstage.  We’ve heard every Christmas song ever recorded, we’ve made seasonal origami, we’ve had Family Breakfast at school, and we’ve survived the subway at Christmastime.  (Barely.)  And as if the past month hasn’t been fun enough, now we’ve got a bunch of days together in New York that we plan to fill with the unwrapping of presents and movies and site seeing and museums and the zoo and even more friendly gatherings.  But I know me: no matter how busy we fill our fun days, there will be more than a few moments when I picture our families together in Kansas and wish we could be there, too.  Next year for sure.

In the meantime, here are pictures from recent festivities … BRING ON THE HOLIDAY NAP!