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| From Christmas Time 2008 |
This was Christmas morning at Casa de Hummel. Snoring pups snuggled up with sleepy children and one eager dad trying desperately to rouse them. When I look back on this Christmas, what I loved about it was the jumble of it all.
First, the pups opened their presents (literally).
Em got some fascinating reading material from her dad.
Both girls got vintage Pan Am memorabilia, including visors, luggage tags, and junior wings.
It was an eBay Christmas. I had never bought a thing before November 2008. And by Christmas, I was up to 47 wins. Rob and the girls were impressed with my apparently latent auction skills. Among other things, I bought a vintage "Block Mother" civil defense sign for Emily, along with an awesome green geiger counter. And I bought a Yellowstone serving tray and an authentic Park Ranger hat for Claire. And a "Professor Smarty" Magician post card from 1912 which I framed for Rob. Wish I'd taken photos...
Here are some of the presents I received. First, a stuffed manta ray.
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A trilobyte tile.
A teeny tortoise tile.
Two teeny blue vases.
And of course, some new pears.
Below is Em with Molly, Claire with Ranger hat, and Rob with his new raygun.
On Boxing Day we invited the family over for enchiladas. The whole family squished into the teeny house, but it didn't seem to matter that no one could move. It was wonderful to be together, and especially nice to have Aunt Tensie and Cousin Eric along. Here are photos of the event.
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The girls decorate the tree, and I take it down. So it isn't until after Christmas, and after they've left town, that I stop to think about the ornaments. Six of the ornaments were made 22 years ago by a 3 year old Emily and me. I had a recipe for Apple Cinnamon ornaments, so together we made the dough, cut them out, let them dry and painted them. Em says it's pretty obvious who painted what, but I love them all. I always store them in a plastic baggie so we attempt to maintain that wonderful smell. I think they've finally lost most of their cinnamony-ness, but they will always make me smile.
APPLE CINNAMON ORNAMENTS
from COOKS.COM
3/4 c. ground cinnamon
2 tbsp. ground cloves
1 c. applesauce
1 tbsp. ground allspice
1 tbsp. nutmeg
1/8 or 1/4 inch ribbon
Mix the applesauce and the spices in a bowl. Make a ball with the dough and then roll it out between wax paper. Using Christmas cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes you can and lay them on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Re-shape the scraps and repeat the procedure using all of the dough. Take a pencil and make a hole towards the top so that ribbon can pass through it later. Lay the cookie sheets in a convenient place to dry for 4 or 5 days to dry uncovered. When dry, thread the ribbon through the holes for hanging. You can decorate one side of the ornament either by gluing things to it or painting designs. Store these in a resealable plastic bag.
from COOKS.COM
3/4 c. ground cinnamon
2 tbsp. ground cloves
1 c. applesauce
1 tbsp. ground allspice
1 tbsp. nutmeg
1/8 or 1/4 inch ribbon
Mix the applesauce and the spices in a bowl. Make a ball with the dough and then roll it out between wax paper. Using Christmas cookie cutters, cut out desired shapes you can and lay them on a wax paper lined cookie sheet. Re-shape the scraps and repeat the procedure using all of the dough. Take a pencil and make a hole towards the top so that ribbon can pass through it later. Lay the cookie sheets in a convenient place to dry for 4 or 5 days to dry uncovered. When dry, thread the ribbon through the holes for hanging. You can decorate one side of the ornament either by gluing things to it or painting designs. Store these in a resealable plastic bag.
And last but not least, our Friendship 7 ornament. If you recall, Friendship 7 was the spacecraft in which John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. Each time we plug in the tree lights, we hear John Glenn's voice from that historic flight. Strangely enough, John Glenn's voice means the start of Christmas for me.
One of my presents was a new video camera, since Rob's is so huge and looks like he should be doing a newscast from the sidelines of the SuperBowl. Mine is small and easy and my first video is of the ornament. It's only 24 seconds long and nothing moves. I just wanted to capture the sound. So turn up your volume and enjoy. Roger. Zero G and I feel fine.
1 comment:
Looks like it was a perfect Christmas! I love all of your entirely creative gifts. Now that you've conquered ebay... have you explored etsy?
(What kind of video camera did you get... a Flip or a KodakZi6... or something else?)
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