Christmas at Chez Mudd
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valarltdWe made coconut-date balls and butter cookies last night.
The kids loved it, and I had a few minutes of missing my grandmothers.
My maternal grandmother died in a car accident when I was 20. She would have loved being a great-grandma, because she could have laughed when I had to yell at the kids for sprinkling colored sugar right on their tongues instead of on the cookies. In one of her photo albums there was a picture of me doing exactly that.
Grandma Wymer was a terrible cook, but a very good baker. If I make cherry winks at all (and I didn't this year) I think of her. I also inherited her cookie cutters, which we'll break out when we make sugar cookies.
My paternal grandmother died on Jonner's third birthday, 2000.
The coconut-date balls are her recipe. The nighty-night cookies I'll put in tonight are hers. She loved being a great-grandma, and one of the last wishes she expressed was to see the kiddos. (talk about guilt, we had just gotten into the city the day before, and spent that day shopping with mom, and were going to see her the next day)
Still missing them.
~~~
Anyway, after Mudd went to bed last night, Obi and I made a double recipe of fudge for him. Not a big and expensive gift, but one he does appreciate.
This morning, the stockings bulged with everything from ring pops to Pirates of the Caribbean puzzles to coloring books and there was much ooo-ing and ahhing of presents.
The big hits:
Dollface--a CD player and the soundtracks for High School Musical 1 & 2.
Jonner--Pokemon cards
Obi--an MP3 player that can also play video or read .txt e-books.
Bun--The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism
Of those gifts, only the last was from us. The rest were from my Dad.
We called Dad to thank him for the presents. We'll call Mom in a couple hours. She's facing her first Christmas without her husband.
~~~
I got a massage cushion and a half-share of a recliner
Mudd got the fudge and the other half.
We watched The Santa Clause 1 & 2 while I put Dollface's rocking chair together.
When I finished and curled up on the loveseat, Bun came out and cuddled with me for the rest of the movie.
~~~
Later, there will be The Christmas Lasagna.
~~~~
It's a good holiday here.
May yours be as good.
The kids loved it, and I had a few minutes of missing my grandmothers.
My maternal grandmother died in a car accident when I was 20. She would have loved being a great-grandma, because she could have laughed when I had to yell at the kids for sprinkling colored sugar right on their tongues instead of on the cookies. In one of her photo albums there was a picture of me doing exactly that.
Grandma Wymer was a terrible cook, but a very good baker. If I make cherry winks at all (and I didn't this year) I think of her. I also inherited her cookie cutters, which we'll break out when we make sugar cookies.
My paternal grandmother died on Jonner's third birthday, 2000.
The coconut-date balls are her recipe. The nighty-night cookies I'll put in tonight are hers. She loved being a great-grandma, and one of the last wishes she expressed was to see the kiddos. (talk about guilt, we had just gotten into the city the day before, and spent that day shopping with mom, and were going to see her the next day)
Still missing them.
~~~
Anyway, after Mudd went to bed last night, Obi and I made a double recipe of fudge for him. Not a big and expensive gift, but one he does appreciate.
This morning, the stockings bulged with everything from ring pops to Pirates of the Caribbean puzzles to coloring books and there was much ooo-ing and ahhing of presents.
The big hits:
Dollface--a CD player and the soundtracks for High School Musical 1 & 2.
Jonner--Pokemon cards
Obi--an MP3 player that can also play video or read .txt e-books.
Bun--The Complete Idiot's Guide to Paganism
Of those gifts, only the last was from us. The rest were from my Dad.
We called Dad to thank him for the presents. We'll call Mom in a couple hours. She's facing her first Christmas without her husband.
~~~
I got a massage cushion and a half-share of a recliner
Mudd got the fudge and the other half.
We watched The Santa Clause 1 & 2 while I put Dollface's rocking chair together.
When I finished and curled up on the loveseat, Bun came out and cuddled with me for the rest of the movie.
~~~
Later, there will be The Christmas Lasagna.
~~~~
It's a good holiday here.
May yours be as good.
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Date: 2007-12-25 08:38 pm (UTC)