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Three Christmases

Call me sentimental, but my favorite posts to read this holiday season were the ones where bloggers posted progressions of photos — whether they were holiday cards or family portraits — that showcased each household's transitions and growths through the years. The Geek in Heels family almost didn't take a holiday photo this year. But today, a full three days after Christmas Day, I was preparing to take down our Christmas tree when J wistfully suggested that we take a family portrait by the tree anyway. Four and a half years ago, J and I were married. photo by Danny Weiss Two years ago, Claire joined our family. We purchased our first Christmas tree that winter and took our first family portrait by said...

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Holiday Movie Marathon

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas —

And the Geek in Heels household has officially commenced its holiday movie marathon.  😀

Although many movies remain perennial favorites (see: It’s a Wonderful Life), I prefer the neo-classics from the 1990s to the early 2000s. My top five favorite holiday movies, in no particular order, are:

Love, Actually

Need I say more?

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Watching Little Minds Learn

Watching little minds learn is fascinating. Even when you try your best to stay impartial and unprejudiced, you can't help but notice the vast differences between each and every person. Take Aerin, for instance. Now that she has officially conquered infancy and is starting to really soak in, process, react, and regurgitate what she learns, we have noticed something peculiar about her style of learning: she tends to take her lessons a little too literally. As in, when I was trying to teach her to clap on demand using the word "박수" (bak-soo, or "clap" in Korean), I would say the word, clap, say the word again, then grab her hands to get them to clap. Easy, right? This is the exact technique I had used...

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Celebrate the Holidays With More Choices! [Win One of THREE Amazon Gift Cards!]

ETA, 12.24.2012:Today's the last day to enter this giveaway! As an extra bonus, you can gain THREE more entries by sharing this post with your Facebook friends! (The easiest way is to click on the Facebook share button a the bottom of the post.) Once you have shared the post, please indicate that you have done so via Rafflecopter (the last option) and enter the permalink to the share (see here to fine out how) so that I can verify the share. Last week, I asked you, my readers, to choose what you would like me to offer for the 2012 Geek in Heels Holiday Giveaway. And in trying to be mysterious (did it work? ;-) ) I only provided clues...

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