By TERRY R. CASSREINO
PEARL RIVER, LA. (Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009) -- No sleeping late for Matthew, Camryn, Pam and I.
Matthew was up bright and early at 6:30 a.m., playing with his train table and eating bowl of oatmeal and bananas. Camryn followed shortly, playing with her toys before joining Matthew for cereal.
Christmas was a long, quick, exhausting day -- one capped by a nice evening at my sister's house for dinner and a last-minute visit by Santa himself. The menu included beef brisket, ham, oyster dressing and sweet potato.
After that, it was back home to put two incredibly tired kids to bed while Pam and I watched the season finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" we taped last month but never got around to watch (the verdict -- very funny).
Below is a short slide show of photos from our Christmas. Enjoy. And don't forget: Click the closed-caption box in the bottom of the window to eliminate the captions -- and click the photo itself for a larger version of the picture.
Copyright 2009 Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.
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Saturday, December 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Better late than never: Christmas 2008 photos
By TERRY R. CASSREINO
MADISON, Miss. (Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, 5:11 p.m.) - I k now it's rather late for Christmas pictures.
But since Pam and I returned from Beijing on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, we had little time to put something together with our two children. So, we cheated and took the photos in January. And we just got them back last week.
So here, without, without any additional delay, are our 2008 holiday photos of Camryn, our daughter, and Matthew, our son.
Copyright 2009 by Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.
MADISON, Miss. (Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009, 5:11 p.m.) - I k now it's rather late for Christmas pictures.
But since Pam and I returned from Beijing on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008, we had little time to put something together with our two children. So, we cheated and took the photos in January. And we just got them back last week.
So here, without, without any additional delay, are our 2008 holiday photos of Camryn, our daughter, and Matthew, our son.
Copyright 2009 by Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Jet lag leads to lazy Sunday
MADISON, Miss. (Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008, 9:30 p.m.) – I just barely made it through today as I continue to struggle with jet lag from our 31-hour trip to China in which we passed over the International Date Line and 14 time zones.
Pam also is struggling. In fact, it seems worse this trip than it was last time in April 2006 – possibly because we traveled home in 23 hours in 2006 compared to 31 hours this year.
Nevertheless, we managed to take Matthew and Camryn to visit Santa at the Bass Pro Shop in
Matthew went hysterical and Camryn shied away.
After I explained to Camryn that Santa likely would pass up our house on Christmas Eve if she didn’t tell him what she wanted, she returned for a short visit on his lap.
Santa still had to pry from Camryn her Christmas wish: A hula hoop and a jump rope. Hopefully, I will be able to post a couple of Santa photos by Monday.
Today, Pam and I shopped for Christmas at
Copyright 2008 by Terry R. Cassreino. All rights reserved.
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