Happy Christmas to All!

Mom arrived last Friday and helped get the house ready for Christmas Day. On Sunday, we baked cookies with the kids and several of their friends (Sekou, Mohamed and Shaaim)...they all went home with full baskets of Pfeffernusse, Mrs. Leonard's Cut Out Cookies, Cookie Candy Canes and Peanut Butter Blossoms (aka Kissy Cookies), to share with their families (although Sekou told me that Mohamed ate them all himself that same night).

Dwight got home late Saturday night because he was in Evansville again. He's made 2 trips in the past month. Once to evict the evil tenants. And the second time to check on the house and prepare it for renting (wish us better luck this time around). Luckily he made it home in time to give Rumbles his Christmas present. Rumbles loves to open gifts and he was very enthusastic about his new squeaky bird toys.
Punch wasn't so sure about the packages. She ate a dog biscuit while it was still wrapped and then let Rumbles open the rest of the gifts. Slowly throughout the day, she collected all the toys on her new cushion. Sly dog.

Siobhan and Henry had a good Christmas. Both received many nice gifts. Siobhan, however, did not get the "real pig like Babe" that was on her list. Thank god for that!

More tomorrow about the post-Christmas touristy things we did with Grandma.

Quiet Weekend

When we should have been out hustling and bustling and shopping amongst the masses (and here in NY, we're talking MASSES), we instead stayed in. For the entire weekend. Dwight cooked and watched football (he shoveled, too). I worked on Christmas crafts. Siobhan and Henry worked on homework, practiced music, played video, etc....
We had a few short-distance outings. I went to the gym. Dwight and Siobhan went to the new Will Smith movie (they liked it, Henry and I weren't interested). Dwight made a couple of quick trips to the store...wood, beer, food. Henry ran across the street and helped our neighbor, Helen, shovel her driveway. Other than that, it was low key.
There is still a lot of shopping to do, really we've barely started. But we can knock it out during the week. Wish us luck! :)

Long Time, No Posts

Wow! For some reason, I've not posted anything for quite some time. Don't know why, really. I've looked at the blog. Re-read past postings. Re-looked at all the photos. But nothing new.

So how about some Christmas memories?