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Our tree, festooned.
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The Saturday previous, Josh and Colin came to visit. Josh had never seen Snap Circuits
before.
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Children tend to listen to adults who are not their parents more patiently.
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Brotherly love on Christmas.
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The tiniest Clone Warriors.
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Henry looked up the instructions for building this on the Lego website.
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The proud Lego maniac.
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My mother gave the boys gift certificates to the local toy emporium. Max picked out two science kits involving slime and slime-like substances.
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Felice measuring out chemicals.
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Max is holding colorless slime in his blue gloved hands.