Wow, I have been more unplugged lately than I have been in a long time, which is wonderful. I am obviously with the kids more, enjoying this insanely sunny winter so far, and since Xmas, I have lost about 13 Lbs! So, I finally loaded a month-and-a-half of pictures onto my computer today because I have been super busy...even too busy to worry about quilting. So, here is a collection of photos from Christmas time.
The boys and I made ornaments with some friends out of little cloth dolls that my girlfriend found at the thrift store. Here is my silly little elf. He reminds me of a court jester.
On Christmas eve, the grandparents stopped by to give the boys their gifts. They were awesome!
Jared has since had fun making some of his Eco Crafts...
All I can say is that this is one of the coolest things a 12-year-old can receive as a gift!
Dylan got a little tree home with three finger puppet forest pals, two of which him and Grandma are playing with. So dang cool!
Lukey is drawing a winter forest scene...maybe he was trying to summon the snow...
For Christmas Eve dinner, I made a vegetarian meal, both because turkey and ham are expensive, and because we are eating meat and poultry less and less frequently. Above is an apple butternut squash torte before it was baked, so that you can see the yummy innards.
The torte was baked with cheese on the top, and the meal was accompanied by green beans with shallots and sherry and a bowl full of garlic mashed potatoes.
We also had veggie jambalaya to round out the whole meal. It was fantastic!!
Christmas morning was mellow and super exciting for the boys.
Santa really spoiled them this year. I think next year the "old jolly man", a.k.a. Mommy, should flex better skills of frugality. They made out like bandits. Also, Note to self: we need to get our tree later on than last year. Getting it the day after Thanksgiving is not conducive for a small home that constantly has the wood-stove running. It was pretty dry by Christmas. Oh well.
Dylan showing off some of his stocking stuffers...
Lukey was excited about his hats and his skinny jeans and his funny pajama bottoms and.....
Dylan sporting some serious fashion here.....Jared getting stoked off of his many Barefoot Books...
They all got some super cool games and puzzles.
Lukey checking out his Official Handy Game for Boys....
The Littles playing with their new Connectagons....
Mickey Mouse pancakes for Christmas morning. I totally forgot until recently that my mother used to treat me to these when I was little. :)
Jared helped make flax seed meal shortbread cookies.....
Here are his finished cookies.... They were buttery and delicious!
Dylan was so cute when playing with his dinosaurs on the grasslands with a river and mountain range.
And lastly, for Christmas we indulged in an enchilada recipe that I am consequently unable to find, and I am not wasting anymore time looking for it right now. It was in one of my Vegetarian Times magazines. And, of course, mine never looks as good as the photo in the magazine. This was accompanied by avocados, lime wedges, sour cream and we served sauteed kale on the side. It was superb!
We drove to Tahoe, but unfortunately there was no snow and almost everything was closed so it wasn't as fun as it could have been. That is okay. We already figured that before we went there. Other than that, we stayed home and enjoyed each others' company. Merry Very Belated Christmas!
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looks great! we had a super dry tree too. u are lucky u had it on a wood floor. ours was on carpet and all those pine needles kept clogging the vacuum. i wanted to throw the damn vacuum at an innocent passerby!!!
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