Christmas Recap 1

Our holiday kicked off on Friday, December 19. School was out, I had the following week off, and my mom had arrived that day.  After I wrapped up my work I had to mix up a negroni.

We started our Christmas puzzle that night too, which is tradition.

We ordered Chinese food that night for dinner. 

The next day my mom and I went out to Costco and pick up a few gifts.  We stopped in at the golf club for lunch too.  Dave and the boys went skiing. 

Why not add a project to the festivities?  I had noticed the drawer where we keep our recycling and garbage bins was coming apart so Dave took it apart, glued the bottom and then ordered new hardware for it.  

After church on Sunday we walked to Bulk Barn to get some decorations for the boys' gingerbread houses and then they got to work.

The finished products.

Q's house.

And E's - based on Stranger Things.  This is the Byers' house.

And this is the upside down

The next day, Monday, Dave's sister flew in, and his parents drove up.  We decided to have our lobster dinner that night and they went home the next day.

Some pre-dinner dancing.

And crokinole.

And I got the lobsters ready.

Dave made his delicious roasted potatoes. 

I got a photo of everyone with their lobsters.  Dave can't eat lobster and he had steak, but I forgot to get one with him!

We had Christmas crackers as well, and we had been telling E he needed to clip his nails and then he got a nail clipper in his cracker!! Hahah, a hint!

We had another special meal in the morning before Dave's parents and sister left - smoked salmon on bagels.

I had to run out to do a few errands that morning. While I was gone the kids and my mom decorated the new batch of gingerbread.

Mom took the boys out for lunch. 

And I got pretty much all of my wrapping done. 

 

And we finished our puzzle, another important milestone. 

When Dave finished up work that afternoon we decided to go down to Tilt Arcade Bar. We all played a few games.

Then we went up the street to The Drake for dinner.  It was very nice in there with a live pianist playing.

The next day was Christmas Eve.  I had E help to make the breakfast for Christmas morning this breakfast casserole.

In the afternoon we stopped in at a little Christmas Eve party, hosted by people we know from the golf club. This is their tree.

And then over to church. 

Q had the Joseph piece of the Fisher Price nativity to take up.

We had oysters and appetizers when we got home.  A few of the oysters had spoiled, which was too bad, and although we did eat most of the others, it wasn't as fun of an experience as it usually is as we were all a little cautious of the rest of them.

We played Pictionary using the iPad casted to the TV.

This one is Nana, she is making muffins.

E grabbed a bunch of sausage rolls. We watched Office Christmas Party.

Setting out some things for Santa and his reindeer.

Then off to bed! Check back tomorrow for a recap of the rest of our holiday.