A Christmas Countdown!

It's here and there is no stopping it..Christmas that is!

They are here!!

In fairness, Janet embellished this photo!

Someone (Phil) bought side ribs rather than back ribs which was not a pretty picture for dinner on the 23rd!

 Our usual Christmas dinner is tourtiere with Caeser salad.  Janet lives for tradition is stuck in a rut, so that's what they had this year as well.

There were two and as Janet was not well, turns out this year all the leftovers were eaten!

Our children made Christmas Day Brunch, which made Janet so happy!  Janet had signed on to volunteer Christmas Day morning, but there were some mixed signals as there were already 6 people there who knew the ropes.  Janet went back home.

See the glass flour jar in the front?  That belongs to Gwen.  Janet says this is the first time in her adult life she can recall running out of flour, and of course, it has to be late Christmas Eve.

Frittata and Apple Puff Pancake and Sausage

Home made bread

Cinnamon buns. 

We doggies quickly ascertained the best spot in the house was under Mr. Baby's high chair.  One day the tray fell off and I had the coup of trying Beef Stroganoff for the first time.

Here is Mr. Baby's Stryder that Santa was super excited about!

Yoyo just loves watching Mr. Baby dine.

And, Mr. Baby loves to do the real estate deals with his Grandpa.

OK...Poppa!  I'll bring up the contract and you can start filling it.  In the meantime, I am going to massage this deal on my Tike Size Cell.

Yay, Poppa!  I just got off my cell and they had agreed to our conditions.

I love being CBR. (Certified Baby Realtor)  It's so rewarding and now Poppa is going to print off the contract and we are good to go!

Christmas by the numbers:

   1 - number of times Janet watched "Love Actually" - an all time low! 
   7 - number of days Janet has been super sick since Christmas Day
  11 - days since we blogged
  14 - 4 litre jugs of milk
  80 - eggs
257 - pairs of shoes by the front door at any given time

Janet made a different kind of shortbread this year and it was a huge hit! Some of the regular kind is still here, but this one is long gone.

Yummy with Toblerone Chocolate Bars

Jeremy discovered a new game, called Cards Against Humanity, which is probably the single most politically incorrect game out there.  Janet went to bed early as she was feeling so poorly, but from the far end of the hallway, she could hear her children splitting a gut laughing. 

They were laughing so hard - Janet says it's really special to see your children have so much fun together!