We had a SoCal Christmas - fish tacos fresh off the grill with chipotle lime sauce, mangos, black beans with cilantro, Mexican cabbage salad and a potato salad with a decidedly south of the border flavor combination.
Mini-pear made much ado about the wastefulness of the season so we started a new tradition this year - the unwrapped scavenger hunt. Lots of fun. Her big gift was the plasma car. Mr. Pear was a little dubious, ("A ride on toy?") until I told him it had a 220 lb capacity and showed him all the Youtube videos of hillbilly kids "drifting" corners and hurtling down steep country roads. Even d'anjou gets to play. He loves going for rides with his sister.
Hope you all had a happy happy merry merry!
Merry Christmas!!
They are so cute~
:)
Posted by: Dawn | December 25, 2008 at 08:11 PM
OMG! How precious are those two?!
Love the idea of unwrapped gifts. I will see if the boys would like that :)
The flying turtles are here at our home...so we will be doing some funky riding around ourselves! I'm sure you'll be hearing me shout "I'm next" from just about anywhere...
Merry, merry!
Posted by: Ginger | December 25, 2008 at 09:51 PM
Hi Kirsten, I found your blog. I just started one and it's a brave new blogging world out there! Your baby is getting so big! I love your posts, they have made me laugh. See you at park day soon :)
Posted by: Anne & Skylar | December 26, 2008 at 06:24 PM
We're on three generations now of Santa not leaving wrapped gifts. My mom and uncle in the 50's and 60's, then me and now Flint. Surprised the heck out of Adam too. Apparently Santa took the time to wrap each of his gifts. I'm with Mini-Pear, what a waste! (of precious new-toy playing time)
Posted by: Sahara | December 27, 2008 at 10:46 PM