Christmas

Elise’s First Christmas

December 28, 2010

This was Elise’s first Christmas, and aside from a minor (and first!) ear infection, it was a success! She opened only two gifts from us and decided they were so awesome she needed to play with them right away. She’s been opening the remainder of her gifts since Christmas——maybe she’d prefer Chanukah? Some of her [...]

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Christmas recap

December 29, 2007

In what has become a great little tradition, Karen and I had my mother over for dinner this Christmas Eve. We made a roasted chicken, green beans sauteed with mushrooms and crushed almonds and I took a crack at making potatoes-au-gratin – a childhood favorite of mine that my mother used to make. After dinner, [...]

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TOAD: Dec. 21st – 25th

December 26, 2007

TOAD: Dec. 21st, 2007: I really liked the very defined line the leaves were making with this one. TOAD: Dec. 22nd, 2007: For the first time we went to, Geido, the sushi place a stone’s throw from our place and really enjoyed it. They had a few great personal touches that they added to the [...]

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Bonna Bake Day 2007

December 23, 2007

For the last several years the Bonna kids and our Bonna Mom get together to bake the Christmas cookies for the upcoming holiday events: Christmas, Scandinavian Christmas and Christmas Eve Brunch. This “holiday” started out as a way for us to learn some of the Norwegian recipes that my grandmother baked for us every year [...]

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