Christmas 2011

The kids had fun (well most of them), the dogs had fun, a good Christmas day. Trevor chose to have his gifts at a more quiet time as he does some years.

getting ready for Christmas

We gave the animals some of their Christmas presents early.

bunnies like presents.

Hayley's tarantula

Hayley with Marlaine and Dandylion

Snowflake isn't dirty, he's rolling in catnip!

I love catnip!

Shadow bats a toy

A trip to the lake with Bonkers, Freeze and Comet. Soon the lake will be frozen over.

Funny ferrets

The degus got treats and cardboard tubes for Christmas

The little tree frogs that hatched from tadpoles in our pool.

Tristan and Comet

Hayley's birthday

Hayley's birthday and freeze wishes it was his birthday! Hayley is nice and lets him help open the gifts. Since we'd already done a movie party with friends, today we just had family gifts and an ice cream cake that Hayley chose.

A trip to the toymaker

As both a service project and also a part of the woodworking merit badge, the boy scouts took a trip to help the ToyMaker. This is a gentleman in town who makes wooden toys for children who may not otherwise get many Christmas gifts.