this is the end/full circle

last "official" post on progeny...  at least as part of the project.  i may keep the blog around for family, or merge it with the "agents of chaos".  who knows...  but i end where i started~ with post-santa's visit, pre-kids' awakening:

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thanks!

merry mischief making

picking nandina berries

"helping" with the lights

seeking the light(s)

checking out the neighbors' decorations...

kings of the hill [of leaves]

gardenfest

tonight was free member night for the Gardenfest of Lights at Lewis Ginter...

tannenbaum

assistant

the younger son helped daddy rake leaves...

reflections

for her upcoming birthday, the younger son & i took my mom to the VA Museum of Fine Arts today to see the Secrets of the Mummy's Tomb exhibit...  photography was not allowed in that particular exhibit, although i did take a few pictures in other parts of the museum.  out of those i did take, i found myself drawn to the ones of my son's reflection:

neighborhood walk

with the eldest, while trying to get the youngest to sleep on my back...

autumn leaves

what happens when you forget about the bags of leaves that daddy & the boys collected to make fall art, and your baby finds it: