Christmas Eve

Its Dinner Time in the City

This year since I am very pregnant, Caleb and I had a quiet Christmas at home. On Christmas Eve we had a fabulous meal prepared by Caleb. We ate ham, funeral potatoes, green bean casserole (which I don't like) and jello (which I made). We carried on the tradition started in my family many years ago. Once dinner starts the lights go out and you use candles for the rest of the night. We had one small catch this year and that is that we did not have any candle sticks to put on our candelabras. This did not stop the fun though because we had fat candles to use. Once dinner was over Caleb and I played the part of my dad who insists on using the regular lights to do the dishes. I must admit it is much easier to do the dishes with regular lights.

 

Caleb pigging out on his second helping

Me with my first and only plate.

Caleb finishing his second helping.

Earlier in the Day

Another tradition we have in my family is preparing goody plates for our neighbors and friends. So I spent a portion of Christmas Eve baking cookies and making puppy chow. Later that evening we delivered plates to our neighbors.

Here I am cleaning up after the baking the cookies. One of the down sides of pregnancy that no one told me about is the fact that a pregnant belly tends to collect food spots on the under side of it and of course you cannot see them there (powdered sugar).

The plates of cookies and the puppy chow. The puppy chow was then put in the middle of the ring of cookies.