Christmas Day

The Christmas dinner the night before Christmas went off perfectly. It was a bit later than we had wanted (we sat down to eat around 7 pm) but the food was great.


The next morning, we opened gifts with Marion and Harold. I got Cristina a new popcorn popper (the old fashioned stove top kind...bigger than the one she had and made of stainless steel). Cristina got me an alligator with 3 baby gators on its back (I had seen it at her toy store and told her I wanted it for my desk at school). The kids got various crayons and games and beeswax and stuff.


After a big lunch of leftovers, we walked down to the park and threw a football around. We took Vivien as well. She wore her jacket.

By the way, the dog on the right belonged to the guy whom we asked to take our picture. He lives in the neighborhood and happens to teach German at South Mountain Community College (the guy, not the dog)

Overall, it was a great day. After the kids were in bed, we watched the first half of "Pirates of the Caribbean, At World's End" and then picked Jarue up from the airport at 11:30 pm.