Sunday, December 21, 2008

Early Christmas with the Darling Family

On December 13, we hosted an early Christmas celebration at our house in Arlington. Jason liked to call it the "Griswold Family Christmas"...for those of you who have seen the movie "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation", you'll get the reference. For those of you who haven't seen this movie, rush out to the video store or get on Netflix and see it now...it is a classic Christmas movie. Anyway, the reason Jason liked to call ii the Griswold Family Christmas was that we hosted 10 adults, 2 kids, 2 babies, and 2 dogs in our house in Arlington. The complete group is shown in one of the photos below. Unlike the movie, the weekend was free of disaster and the twins had the chance to meet some of Jason's relatives, including his Aunt, Uncle and Cousin, and his Grandmother (who they will call "Gigi", for "Great-Grandmother"). Some photos from the weekend and some additional recent photos of the twins are below.

Darling-Dean-Filiciotto Christmas in Boston!

Back Row (left to right): Jason's Cousin Charlotte, Jason, Meghan, Nate, Ethan, Jason's Uncle Frank, Jason's Aunt Mary (holding Isabel)
Front Row (left to right): Allison, Anna, Greg (holding Cameron), Marianne, Jason's Nana Mary




GiGi Mary holding Cameron



Nono (i.e. Grandpa) Darling holding Cameron





Meghan with Cameron and our friend Jess Casaletto with Isabel in front of our Christmas Tree.




Meghan with Cameron and Jason with Isabel at Symphony Hall in Boston. We took the twins to see the Holiday Pops concert on December 12. They behaved very well...looks like we might have some music lovers in our family!




Cameron flashing his winning smile :-)


Not to be outdone by her "big" brother, Isabel likes to show off her "orange slice" smile whenever she can!


Isabel and Cameron sporting their knit sweaters...these were knit by Jason's Aunt Evelyn.

NBA Wingspan?

Hmm....can you tell who in the photos below has the wingspan of an NBA basketball player??