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We had a delightful Thanksgiving. Not surprisingly, 1.5 year old Max was the star of the holiday:<\/div>\n

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He is such a happy boy:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nick and Chloe got this parenting thing figured out:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m still figuring out the grand-parenting thing. Not sure in involves playing with knives:<\/div>\n

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Or sharp pointy things:<\/div>\n

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Aya and her boyfriend Eric also made the trip from California, along with a couple other relatives from Florida:<\/div>\n

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We played a fun charades like game that uses a cell phone:<\/div>\n

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And an ancient game that predates cell phones by 1500 years:<\/div>\n

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Max and doggies got along well:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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He made sure they were well fed:<\/div>\n

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Max also met his first cordless phone. He learned how to do calls during his stairway commutes:<\/div>\n

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He also learned how to squeeze water bottles:<\/div>\n

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And how to drop lots of things into the fish tank:<\/div>\n

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This piano photo reminded me of one we took of Nick 30+ years ago:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Chloe posted some really excellent photos at her site here:<\/div>\n
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Google also kindly auto-generated a couple of nice short clips:<\/div>\n
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We dog-sat Irina\u2019s puppy for a couple of weeks. The two doggies mostly had a good time. Lots of wrestling:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And tug-of-war for favorite toys (whatever the other dog has):<\/div>\n

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Sometimes the larger Bantik had to give puppy Devochka a stern stare-down to get her to calm down:<\/div>\n

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Sometimes he just gave up and sought refuge wherever he could get it (puppies have a LOT of energy):<\/div>\n

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They also served on guard duty together:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And sleep duty:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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These are two of Helen\u2019s co-workers (not their normal attire):<\/div>\n

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We discovered a magic opossum in our yard\u00a0\u2026 check out the end of this short clip:<\/div>\n