Friday, December 23, 2022

Christmas Adam

Nana was lookin' particularly fine this morning so had to pose with a few of the kids. Then she and Papa were off on their own little private Christmas Adam day with stops at Poor Richard's Toys and Restaurant downtown, then over to Manitou to check out The Vault then to Luisa Graff's for the piece de resistance. Then to dinner at Ambli Global Cuisine. Then, as if that wasn't enough, everyone met up at the first of several Christmas light displays around town. The tour was drawn up by our landscaper, Timberline, for the benefit of anyone. The day closed with a stop at Fiz on the way home!










A Few Days Before Christmas

Lots of Christmas goings on... O Tannenbaum... Sand Tarts... German Pancakes... Christmas Movies ("A Christmas Story Christmas" and "I Believe in Santa")... Legos... Puzzles... Santa's Workshop... Gingerbread Houses... Merry Christmas Adam (you know, just before Christmas Eve 😄)! We also did Family Dinner tonight with the topic of The Wise Men (much of which came from Jamie's recent "Torah Talks" lesson, here). And it turned out that blowing a fuse by running two microwave ovens at once was somewhat fortuitous in that we discovered an unrelated little water leak near a hot water heater. Not freezing temperature-related either. It's gotten down to -13F two nights in a row.


Someone was being Grinchy...

Sand Tarts!




Back in the Workshop. Learning to make ribbon twisty!


German pancakes - fam fave!


Add a few drops of lemon juice for a touch of heaven.










Helped a lot with crowd control between events.

A number of kids got into Lego kits.
Matteo built this guitar!

Merry Christmas Adam morning!



Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Colorado Nutcracker

A handful of Compound folks went to see The Colorado Nutcracker today and ran into a few theater friends from Elevate Productions (Colorado Ballet Society).







Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Christmas Miscellany

Christmas miscellany...

That trip was a hoot!

Merry Christmas from Nipomo!

Our Suggestion Board for Family Dinner topics.


Saturday, December 17, 2022

Sam's Christmas Day

We exchanged gifts with Sam today as he flies out tomorrow on a multi-leg trip to Germany.

Bubble Bread and everything!










Cool Christmas Card

Santa's Workshop