White Christmas

We had a lovely Christmas here in Vermont. Christmas eve was peaceful with our dinner by candlelight (thanks to a wonderful suggestion by Gamma).  The candlelight was continued at breakfast the next morning. We then had a yummy Quiche with fruit salad and yogurt.

Baby Jesus appeared in the manger overnight, snow was falling from the sky in the morning and frosty was smiling away (thanks to his new light bulb). Anyone know when he last had a light change? We opened presents first: Santa was good to Eric. He was given a banana, socks (never mind that they were already his), a lottery ticket (he won $2!), and a Vermont and Bike ornament. Santa brought Teresa an ornament from Africa. So we placed all three on our antler tree.

The dogs enjoyed opening their presents from Santa Paws.  They had a good tug and in about 3 minutes all of but destroyed the home-made toy.  The best part is that we save the stuffing and will recycle it into another toy next year! 

My favorite was Piper's excitement over a package from Grandma.  She began to self-open it and ran around with it in her mouth, tail wagging.  We figured it must be something very yummy.

 

Turns out it was a poo bag holder:)

Milo is practicing his mouse-catching skills.  We caught another mouse on Christmas morning, so he was released at the same spot his little friend was released the day before when we went on our Christmas morning hike.  

The Wilderness Area was beautiful with all the fresh fallen snow.  Anyone notice Izzy in the photo?  She and Piper were having a blast eating the powdery snow. 

When we arrived home, we watched some claymation Christmas classics, played boardgames, and just relaxed.  Ahhh....