Christmas, part 3

Here's the final installment of our Christmas festivities!

Christmas proper was spent at home. We played with the toys we had gotten at previous family celebrations, such as...

Rose's art project kit:

Rose's new "castle":

And my new bread cookbook:

(We got a lot of amazing gifts, so this is only a small sampling of those that I happened to have pictures of. Thank you, everyone!)

During the late morning we went for a walk around Lake Harriett. It was not terrible chilly, but not terribly warm either.

Then we exchanged our gifts at home. Rose got a fish tank! Now (Chairman) Mao and Fishycakes are part of our little family.

Over New Year's, Mike went ice fishing with his dad while my parents came to town. It turned out to be particularly good timing since I happened to catch a horrible stomach virus and was miserable. Hence, I only took about 5 photos during their entire visit (all from the same vantage point on the couch), because the rest of the time I was sleeping in bed or being sick in the bathroom. :(    I really hate being sick.

A few days later I felt well enough to try out the new ice cream maker that my parents gave me. It's SO. MUCH. FUN.  What a treat! 

It was a very merry Christmas season, for sure! :)