As the Fall moved along, we did a few more outdoor things while the weather stayed nice. Kate and her friends made their own period-appropriate clothes for the Feast of the Hunter's Moon. Kate has been sewing and doing more crafts, and she turned that into a project to make a mushroom costume--featuring a big cap--for Halloween. After Thanksgiving, we used the camera timer to try to take a good group photo with mixed results; we could never get a picture where everyone was happy with how they looked. The ballet company, which greatly reduced in size during COVID, put on Le Carnaval Des Animaux in December instead of trying to do Nutcracker. We flew to Seattle for Christmas to meet Mom's family. We had a fun time in Seattle. Our flight back took us into Chicago really early in the morning, so we stayed in Chicago for a short family weekend. When we all got back home, we had our own Christmas gift opening.
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| Kate and friends before Feast of the Hunter's Moon |
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| Kate's mushroom costume for Halloween |
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| Thanksgiving 2022 |
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| one attempt at a group photo (including Oliver) |
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| another attempt at a group photo |
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| garden serpent from Kate's ceramics class |
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| Anna as a lion from Le Carnaval Des Animaux |
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| Anna as the swan from Le Carnaval Des Animaux |
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| Christmas eve on departure from ORD |
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| Jack at the Seattle apartment |
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| the ladies at the Seattle apartment |
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| family group photo at McCaw Hall |
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| family selfie under the Space Needle |
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| A J and K on Chicago architecture tour |
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| selfie by the Chicago River |
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| Dad and Kate on the red line to Chinatown |
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| cute pig dumplings at dim sum |
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| Kate at Christmas |
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| Jack opening presents |
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| Anna opening a present |
