Christmas 2006

The pictures are for the Grans.
What will I remember about this Christmas...
-Pneumonia and the flu
-anger at the postage service to Australia
-cold and dark
-forgot to buy Santa's cookies - has to bake a banana cake (because "Santa is probably sick of cookies anyway").
-Christmas dinner at Hart House in Burnaby
-Ashley accidentally setting a menu on fire at Hart House in Burnaby.

-The bear Alex got in his stocking, which is pictured and has barely left his side (pardon the pun)
-The Biggest Littlest Pet Shop

-witnessing the magic of childish wonder in the faces of two special little people and wanting to preserve that age forever.
-the aftermath pile of rubbish and packaging.
-the car ploughing into the fence across the road and fleeing the scene.... "Merry Christmas".
-missing people back home and vowing never to spend Christmas away from them again...well that is the hope.
-One of my best friends ringing from Australia to tell me she is pregnant.
-Christmas in Canada - that is special in itself.


-having one of my articles published in the Vancouver Sun...first of many (scoff).
-making lamingtons for Alex's preschool party and them being a sloppy soupy brown disaster!
-CHOCOLATE!

Hope you were able to make many happy memories of your own.