Wednesday, January 8, 2014

T'was the night before Christmas... I know... I know. Old news!


Oof! Christmas nearly put me over the edge this year. But that's only because I love it so much. I could just pretty much ignore it like Nicolas does - or would, if we let him - but some of my favorite memories growing up revolve around Christmas and how special my mother always made it. So lots of decorations and lights and candles and baking and anything that sparkles. And eggnog, of course, but that goes without saying.

It didn't help that I had two house closings (yay!) scheduled nearby, one on December 30th, and the other January 6th (Happy Birthday Nicolas!). Note to self: Never do that again. Having to deal with all the last minute stuff right around the 25th was a really bad idea. So that will be the first on my long list of resolutions.
Quite possibly the only one I keep.

Cookie Time!
Ilona and the girls took care of all the baking. Seeing the three of them in their aprons makes me happy.


Dipping the florentines 


Butter cookies are very serious business


Cayenne savouring the aroma of Christmas Eve dinner


'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house...



Lucky for Santa, all the cookies turned out awesome!



Cayenne's first knitting lesson


Here's a close-up in case you were wondering what Michel was reading...


Christmas Day walk


Mom and son don't get to do this very often these days


Working up an appetite for dinner:


Drum roll please...........





Yup. That's what I'm talking about.

Not bad, eh??


   

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