Xander and Clare

Xander helped me decorate the tree on Wednesday, during Clare's nap.


Then Clare woke up and began to devise her plan of attack.


Clare's really into wearing sunglasses right now.


Many attempts were made this week to get a nice photograph of Xander for the Christmas card (I gave up on trying to get a photo of the two kids together and instead have taken Grandma Mary's advice to use a recent picture of Clare that didn't make it onto the website, and pair it with a shot of Xander).


Many, many attempts.