Amy and Amelia attended "The Nutcracker" that afternoon and they arrived shortly after we did. Amelia was very inspired and entertained us with a lot of expressive dancing that evening.
At my request, Darryl had prepared a beef brisket for supper. The next day he bought a bag of oysters which delighted Bubba. Amy and I passed on the raw oysters and enjoyed a delicious meal at an Italian restaurant.
Tuesday we left Amy making a huge batch of cinnamon rolls that she wanted to give to friends on Christmas Eve and took Amelia to her favorite place, Chuck-E-Cheese. We arrived just as Chuck-E-Cheese was throwing out free tickets and Amelia was able to collect quite a few. After eating pizza, she played games. One game yielded such a large number of tickets that she ran across the room with the string of tickets flying behind her to show me what she had done. Of course, the tickets were traded in for some fine prizes like a plastic star ring and a foam rocket shooter.
We also had time to hit the produce stand and bought some delicious Louisiana naval oranges and some sweet potatoes. And of course we spent a lot of time at home watching Amy cook and spending time with Amelia.
Tuesday we left Amy making a huge batch of cinnamon rolls that she wanted to give to friends on Christmas Eve and took Amelia to her favorite place, Chuck-E-Cheese. We arrived just as Chuck-E-Cheese was throwing out free tickets and Amelia was able to collect quite a few. After eating pizza, she played games. One game yielded such a large number of tickets that she ran across the room with the string of tickets flying behind her to show me what she had done. Of course, the tickets were traded in for some fine prizes like a plastic star ring and a foam rocket shooter.
We also had time to hit the produce stand and bought some delicious Louisiana naval oranges and some sweet potatoes. And of course we spent a lot of time at home watching Amy cook and spending time with Amelia.
Christmas Eve was busy with dinner preparations for that evening and Christmas day. Darryl smoked a ham for Christmas Eve. Amy finished up all her cinnamon rolls and she and Amelia delivered them. I helped Amelia "decorate" some sugar cookies for Santa and then later that evening just before bedtime, she scattered food for Santa's reindeer on the front lawn.
Christmas morning was a lot of fun. Amelia always acts so excited about everything she gets.
My cousin Vicky sent Amelia an Elsa doll from Frozen and a Frozen jacket. Both were very popular gifts. Good job, Bebe (Amelia's name for her).
It was a fun Christmas Day and concluded with a delicious dinner of Prime Rib, Yorkshire Pudding, Asparagus, and Potato Casserole followed by Chocolate Cake and Pecan Pie. As delicious as all the meals were, Amy declared that there would be no more cooking so we ate a couple of meals out the day after Christmas. Amy and I went to shop the after Christmas sales, but neither one of us found a bargain that we needed, In fact the stores were not even crowded which I thought was unusual.
Friday we headed for home and were fortunate to have Amelia come with us to spend the next week. We stopped in Mobile for a quick visit with Joe and Judy and their family at the Meaher State Park which was right on Mobile Bay. This is a place we will have to visit with our camper in the future.
We had a great Christmas visit and were excited about the prospect of having Amelia visit for a week.
Note: I forgot a couple of important facts in the telling of our Christmas visit.
1) Not only did we watch Amy cook all week, we ate with gusto everything she prepared. The cinnamon rolls were melt in your mouth delicious. I could have eaten a whole pan all by myself. The Yorkshire pudding was new to me and I loved it. I have never cooked fresh asparagus, but hers was delicious. The potato casserole was out of this world and the sweets.......OMG they were wonderful. I did not cook a thing the whole week and I thoroughly enjoyed being on the receiving end.
2) Darryl does a wonderful job with the meat he prepares on the green egg. I am especially a fan of his beef brisket and now I am a lover of his prime rib.
3) While Amy and I shopped the day after Christmas and enjoyed a mother/daughter lunch, Bubba entertained Amelia by "helping" her put together a Lego cruise ship she received from Santa. After diligently following 50 pages of instructions, he relinquished his job to Darryl who helped her complete it. (Bubba wants to know what happened to Lincoln Logs.)
My cousin Vicky sent Amelia an Elsa doll from Frozen and a Frozen jacket. Both were very popular gifts. Good job, Bebe (Amelia's name for her).
The Elsa doll sings and her hands light up when she does. (She is motion activated.) This is a picture of Darryl trying to figure out how to turn her off.
Amelia loved her princess guitar from her cousins and the Elsa costume from Santa.
The costume came with a lovely necklace and long earrings.
We had requested permission to get Amelia a karaoke machine for Christmas and finally Amy and Darryl agreed. She loves to sing so much that we thought she would really enjoy it and she has.
Friday we headed for home and were fortunate to have Amelia come with us to spend the next week. We stopped in Mobile for a quick visit with Joe and Judy and their family at the Meaher State Park which was right on Mobile Bay. This is a place we will have to visit with our camper in the future.
We had a great Christmas visit and were excited about the prospect of having Amelia visit for a week.
Note: I forgot a couple of important facts in the telling of our Christmas visit.
1) Not only did we watch Amy cook all week, we ate with gusto everything she prepared. The cinnamon rolls were melt in your mouth delicious. I could have eaten a whole pan all by myself. The Yorkshire pudding was new to me and I loved it. I have never cooked fresh asparagus, but hers was delicious. The potato casserole was out of this world and the sweets.......OMG they were wonderful. I did not cook a thing the whole week and I thoroughly enjoyed being on the receiving end.
2) Darryl does a wonderful job with the meat he prepares on the green egg. I am especially a fan of his beef brisket and now I am a lover of his prime rib.
3) While Amy and I shopped the day after Christmas and enjoyed a mother/daughter lunch, Bubba entertained Amelia by "helping" her put together a Lego cruise ship she received from Santa. After diligently following 50 pages of instructions, he relinquished his job to Darryl who helped her complete it. (Bubba wants to know what happened to Lincoln Logs.)
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