El 24 we celebrated, as is our tradition at Tia Marga and Jacksito's house with our traditional beef tenderloin, cardiac potatoes (so named because really, you need to see a cardiologist after eating them), creamed onions and all sorts of delicious-ness. I made dessert as usual (Buche Noel - one of my best) as well as one of our apps (cha gios - little vietnamese spring rolls that make you just swoon when you eat them. The food (and drink) were spectacular as always and the company could not be beat.
emilia sporting a's glasses - she was in rare form. note - yes, she's wearing the same xmas dress from last year. it fit her TONS better than it did last year and was so gorgeous, we decided to recycle it - won't be able to do that again!
she was pretty enamored with everyone's nativity scenes - taking them apart, naming each person/animal and putting them together. this little silver one of tia marga's was no exception.
the menfolk in the kitchen.
As usual, the nenas, (Nena Marga and Emilia) were thick as thieves the whole night....
um, nena... i'm kinda watching a little george here.
not sure who's enjoying the george episode more.
mi familia querida....
javi, a, marga & nana.
the bug (laura)
a sad attempt at a semi-group shot - bug, a, javi, nana, marga, emilia and i. you can tell it was L-A-T-E at this point. missing: jacksito, tio richard, marcus, and cutter.
so about 10 minutes after getting to their house Emilia had stripped off her tights, undershirt, and shoes. every once in a while she'd just disappear to stand at the entryway of the family room where we left curious george playing. she'd just stand there for a little while and then come back. i have expected her to fall asleep in there, but she never did. trooper.
rare mother-daughter shot. side note, i knit my sweater!
finally present time - emilia got a cool new puzzle....
...babydoll...
and gettysburg college t-shirt as just a couple of her gifts. she's now ready for her first college kegger. yikes.
LOVED the babydoll from tia marga and jacksito - started walking her around almost immediately.
done.
4 comments:
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love the dress again. curious george breaks are killing me. kate got the same puzzle. yall eat some YUMMY food. man. fun fam christmas.
i know - have totally been blog slacker - am frustrated by my lack of tech ability with it. am making new years resolution to do better though!
love the last pic! man, can I come eat at your house some time?! YUM YUM!! glad to know I'm not the only one slacking on the blog stuff lately. :>)
cute recycled dress...can't get better than that. The baby doll in a sling is a great gift...love that I got to read more about Christmas...i am not ready for it to be over!
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