Somebody likes trains. November 20, 2004

Hey! We spent an hour in Manhattan! November 21, 2004

I don't know what the other boys are watching, but I think Elliot looks like he's nursing some sorrows here. November 29, 2004

And in case you were wondering what the other boys look like, here they are. November 29, 2004

I don't know what he's doing here. Holding up a tree, perhaps? November 30, 2004

Elliot and Molly in hot pursuit of some Canada geese. November 30, 2004

And there are the geese. November 30, 2004

I'm not actually sure what we're doing here, either. We can't be cuddling, because Elliot doesn't cuddle. November 30, 2004

We made a gingerbread house, and boy, did he want to eat some. December 4, 2004

It seems that Molly likes hubbard squash. How interesting. December 5, 2004

Elliot, Frances, and Peter inspect Elliot's Irish gifts (slippers and puppets). December 6, 2004

He's still after that gingerbread house. December 7, 2004

We got a Christmas tree! December 15, 2004

Elliot keeping warm (he's sitting on a heat vent). December 16, 2004

Dancing around the Christmas tree, just like in one of his books. December 17, 2004

SuperDog! December 18, 2004

Building some snowmen. December 22, 2004

Christmas Eve. December 24, 2004

Merry Christmas! December 25, 2004

Christmas candy. December 25, 2004

Kevin and Mike (big) and Elliot and Jack (little). December 26, 2004

When all your family lives nearby, you often get three or four Christmases. December 28, 2004

Elliot and his grandparents' tree. December 29, 2004

Something's funny. December 29, 2004