Merry Christmas!

Highlights of Christmas 2009!

Our day started *yaaaawwwwnnnn* at 4:00am to open presents. The officer had to get to work! He leaves at 5:30am.

We didn't take many pictures. Here are some.

Kevin got a Taun-Taun Sleeping Bag! He didn't know he wanted it, but he thought it was one of the coolest presents. Read the story on ThinkGeek's page.

Erin got her wish: a leopard-print Snuggie, The Blanket With Sleeves!

Cocoa and Kibble got filled rawhide bones in their stocking! Kibble, as usual, sat down and ate hers right away. Cocoa carried hers around, looking for a place to bury it, before she was let outside to bury it proper. Here is Kibble, asking Cocoa to please share cuz her's is all gone.

"Uhh, no I don' shink sho."

Most of the day for us was spent napping (I went back to bed before the sun was up!), playing with our toys, reading our new books, and dreaming of what we were to get with our gift certificates. Kevin didn't nap. He went fishing in the afternoon.

Officer Squid had an exciting morning at work. See separate post.

The cooking didn't start until about 4:00 with the making of the rolls. We roasted a turkey breast, which took just a couple hours. We had mashed potatoes, stove top stuffing, corn, green bean casserole, fresh-baked white rolls, cranberries, champagne and sparkling cider.

Poor Mikey had an incident with the champagne. A mistake was made as to the bottle chosen when the table was set. An unchilled bottle was brought out, and when it popped, it popped hard! The cork got Mikey in the nose! Ouch! We had a bit of clean-up to do before sitting down.

Dinner was served at about 7:30. Traditional turkey dinner for us, with nearly everything still homemade except the stuffing and the gravy. It still felt a little spared-back....maybe because the cooking didn't take all day long. We enjoyed a pumpkin pie and a French silk chocolate pie for dessert. Mmmmm! The Kitchenaid does a superb job whipping up that chocolate silk!

We stayed up to watch the 11:00 news. (See separate post)

We had a nice holiday! Merry Christmas!