We’ve been having a good, if snowy and cold, time in Decorah. We leave today.
Yesterday, Ava got decked out in her Christmas finery to open presents and have Christmas dinner. It was a perfect photo op. I got one nice picture:

And one…well, see for yourself:

I call it an infection of the Christmas spirit. A pretty serious case. We’ll get her on a full course of antibiotics and hopefully have her cured by the new year.