Scarves

for the special olympics.
I managed to knit two. It wasn't yarn that was fun to use but it was the yarn company's yarn that is sponsoring the special olympics. One is just a 2X2 ribbed and striped blue and white. The other is just the blue and white held together in garter stitch. I'm glad that I am finished.

I tried to knit the Collar a hat to go with his new scarf, but I ran out of yarn. It makes a nice hat for Game Boy. He likes this one. I told him he could give his other one that matches his knucks to his brother, but he says no. He has a hard time giving things like that up!

Christmas Dinner

We did something different this year for Christmas dinner. The boys requested Chinese turkey (yes, from that movie) but I couldn't find any. We went with goose, because it plays a big role in lots of stories (okay, so they are all versions of A Christmas Carol but that's okay). I forgot to take a picture of it.

Patiently waiting for the goose.
Poor Game Boy is just wasting away. We never feed him. Our menu was simple: goose, red cabbage with apples, and mashed potatoes. Of course we had wine. I think it might be illegal to not have wine with festive occasions here (ha!).Dessert was also new. (No creme brulee this year. We'll have it sometime though, because it's a once a year treat.) Instead we had chocolate lava cakes. Oh, my goodness. It was also amazing. What is really funny is that my cousin who lives in California, made it too. It's a keeper.

We Celebrated

The last time it was just us for Christmas was 2000. That Christmas was memorable for a few reasons. It was the year that The Collar broke his ankle (bad enough) and I was on bedrest during the pregnancy with the Wiz. Luckily, I'd been on bedrest for a while, so all our presents were bought on the internet that year.

The boys were able to stay in their pajamas all day. (They both got bottoms that had frogs on them this year.) The Collar told all the parents to let their kids come in their pajamas to church on the Christmas morning service, so they did!

We opened our stockings before church. The Wiz found a sock monkey in his stocking. The Collar found a key hole scarf.After church, we opened the other presents. The Wiz got a digital camera. He took a lot of pictures. I think that there are even pictures of me! Game Boy was REALLY excited. He got my old laptop. This means that he can play Spore, which the BBFs gave him. The Wiz is happy, because he can play on the desktop more, since Game Boy won't be hogging it all the time now. I'll post more later.

Merry Christmas!

to you and yours from

What I Did Yesterday

Yesterday it didn't snow. It was also the Collar's day off. That meant we could finally go Christmas shopping. (We're having goose this year. The boys actually wanted Chinese Turkey (duck), but I couldn't find it. So we're having goose, like they do in A Christmas Carol. It took some interesting foot work to do it (we had both boys in tow), but it happened.

Then I worked on the gifts for the staff. Remember the mini sweaters? Yes, those were part of it. I also made (with some help from the Wiz) tiger butter and peppermint bark. Then more gift bags. I made eight of them.