It's Christmas in the capital for us this year. With recent travels west for dad's big birthday, and future travels planned for J and O's upcoming wedding bash, we opted to stay and have our own little family Christmas here. It's an extra special one as it's the first Christmas we've had with our fuzzy babies. They're normally under the gentle care of our good friends while we head west for the holidays.
And what a white Christmas it is! Super white, you could say. You'll see in the photos below that our main living area is almost finished. Our talented (but extremely busy) contractor made a monumental effort to finish his work on the the main floor by December 22. Doors are hung, trim is up, and the entire space is primed a bright, bright white. We're ready to paint and will tackled that project after the new year.
In the meantime, here are some pictures of Christmas morning. Wish you were here!
Love,
La Familia Gallo Pinto
Orange finds a sunbeam. (She always finds the sunbeams!) The gas fireplace is in and is put to good use.
View of the dining room. It looks a little bare, but we're still thrilled with it. You can't imagine the cluttered mess it was before December 22....or what a (drywall) dusty mess it was afterwards! You can see the doors to the kitchen are up as well, much to Rice's delight.
Christmas breakfast. Mmmm...eggs benedict!
The view from the dining room window. Lots of snow, but it's still a beautiful, sunny day.
Merry Christmas, Beans! It's a tad dark because he's backlit. There is so much sun coming in through the front windows. It's wonderful....
Opening gifts:
Barrel Man! Ha ha ha!
Waiting for something more interesting to happen.
More gifts:
Can you see a little black cat spazzing out on the couch? Daddy just threw a toy mouse and Black is attacking it with his usual gusto...
...while Orange "rests". This laying in sunbeams is exhausting!
Black corners his prey.
Poor little mouse....
Black finally shows some interest in the presents. Nosing through the wrapping paper is fun!
Orange got a flashy new dish for Christmas. "But Mommy...it's empty!"
Black eyes his new dish with suspicion...
...then turns his back and walks away. "Now where did I leave my mouse?"
Orange joins in the fun and plays with her new Christmas mouse! This is a new one. Black still has his green one, somewhere...
Orange playing by Roomba. (Rice's Note: You have to get a Roomba!)
Watch the beauty that is Orange in motion. She's incredible. No problem with real mice in this house. Orange thanks Tita J and Tito O for the new toy!
(Rice's Note: Sorry, I forgot to turn the camera. Oops!)
1 comment:
Merry Christmas! So happy to know you enjoyed/are enjoying the gifts. We loved the 'Discovery Channel' documentary on 'Kwami: In for the Kill - The Hunt Continues'.
Thank you for the awesome gifts! Ol-e appreciates the break on the fuel expense, our Mits will love the free glug of Esso Extra, and I will have to decide what piece of literature I'm going to tackle next while I'm surrounded by sleeping kitties.
Love you and miss you all! Wish you were here with us or us with you there!
xoxoxo!
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