Some photos. Not quite up to date, but it's a start.

Firstly, Rachel's violin recital at the Brookline Music School. Spot who's accompanying her!

Some of the mansions in Newport, Rhode Island. These were photographed from the cliff walk.

This is "The Breakers", the Newport  mansion we visited to see the Christmas decorations. Sadly, taking photographs inside was banned so we had to make do with external shots. This was the family home of the Vanderbilts.

A gratuitous picture of Dougal looking cute and getting ready for the cold weather.

Christmas Day morning, about to open stockings.

New Year's Eve in Boston, known as the First Night celebrations. There were ice sculptures dotted around the city. This one was outside the Prudential Centre and showed Buffy the Puppy (whoever he is).

The baseball World Series trophy, currently in the hands of the Boston Red Sox!

Santa's sleigh!

Our ride for the New Year's Eve Mayor's Parade - a Chinese Dragon-style Green Line T train.

Some of the other puppets being carried by other passers by who volunteered to take part in the parade (or were press ganged into taking part).

It was cosy inside our Green Line T!

Izzy driving.

The New Year's Eve fireworks, viewed from Boston's Public Gardens.

Winter Storm Hercules arrived the afternoon of January 2nd. This is the view from our living room window the following morning.

School was cancelled so we went out for a walk in the snow.

Washing the ice and salt off Dougal's paws afterwards.

We've ended up getting Dougal some little rubber boots to wear when it's snowy and icy so his paws don't get sore. He's very unimpressed when we put them on him but is much happier outside with them when there's snow and ice around.