Dec. 27
Tootsie and Mark gave the kids an Occulus virtual reality set for Christmas. They were obsessed with it for awhile. I tried it too--its fun! It would be even more awesome if the graphics were better, but it is still really neat just as it is.
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Dec. 27
I bought Ian some window markers for Christmas. I had my fun using them, and Ian did too!
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Dec. 27
I ordered this outdoor bench from Amazon for the family for Christmas. I started putting it together and then Mark and Erik finished it. Its nice to have a bench to be able to sit down in our front yard.
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Erik had fun trying all the different root beers he could get his hands on. He put together packs of his favorites and gave them out as Christmas gifts this year, and attached an info letter about his impressions of the many root beers he tried. He also included critic ratings and popular ratings. It was nice for me that I didn't have to bake any treats and pass them out this year!
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Dec 28
Erik smoked some salmon for dinner one night before Grandma and Grandpa left. I made a quiche with the leftover smoked salmon the morning they left, using a recipe from Erik's beloved "Meathead" cookbook. There was another recipe for leftover smoked salmon for Salmon canapes in Erik's cookbook. We thought they would be fun to try. So Erik made them and they were yummy. They would have made great New Year's Eve appetizers, but the smoked salmon leftovers would not have lasted that long.
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Tootsie and the Buffalo Chips
Our yummy hamburger
Dec. 30
For my Christmas gift to Tootsie, I took her to the med spa I go to and treated her to some Botox injections. For her birthday, with is just over a week after Christmas, I also set her up with a facial. After the med spa we went to Tru Burger Co. for lunch. We ordered the buffalo chips and the Jalapeno burger and split it. It was actually quite good, I hope to go back there some time.
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Dec. 30
Mark and Tootsie left not too long after our med spa and lunch excursion. I thought they would stay longer but whatever. I didn't get a whole lot of pictures of their visit, but I did snap this one last pic on their way out!
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Dec. 30
After Mark and Tootsie left, I took Ian to claim is free pizza from Pizza Hut that he earned by filling out his reading list from school.
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Dec. 31
Ian's bed head! How cute!
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Dec. 31
I randomly decided to clean out and organize the hall linen closet. I threw away a lot of old junk. Yikes. I found this pillow case I made years ago, using paper piecing patterns. I almost threw it away (it was coming apart) but I decided to donate it instead. I took a picture so I can have some record of it. Elisa was never into The Little Mermaid when she was younger, and she definitely won't be in the future!
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A silly creepy junky doll head that I bought at Dollar Tree for the White Elephant party. It didn't find a home with anyone else so it ended up staying with us. We tried to gift it to Mark for Christmas, but he "forgot" to take it with him. LOL.
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Dec. 31
We spent New Years by ourselves. We were expecting to have Mark and Tootsie celebrate with us but oh well. Erik made a few cheeseballs (including a sweet one) and I heated up some mini sausage-things. Erik also made some cookies. We also sampled some more root beer. The kids had a good time. We probably watched a movie-can't remember what though. What we didn't do was stay up till midnight. We put all the kids to bed maybe an hour or so passed their bedtime and went bed ourselves, earplugs in ears.
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Dec. 31
Some silly pictures Elisa and Ian took while messing with my phone.
All of us enjoyed some good food and drinks. The kids had fun during the Christmas break from school trying out their gifts, playing and having family time.
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