Domestic Goddess?

Well, I think so. This Christmas I think I actually pulled things off in typical Americana fashion. The presents were wrapped ahead of time, the dessert was prepared the day before, the meat was pre-ordered from the small family-owned local grocer. So now my friends I can sip my Baileys and milk and say, "Ahhh". Here are some pictures of our idyllic Christmas day. (Note: pictures of Niko having a tantrum throughout most of the dinner have been omitted).


The excitement of opening the presents at the crack of dawn.


Grandma and Papa there to further spoil the children.


Is that Rachel Ray? Oh wait, it's me! Making the not so vegetarian au jus.



Oh yes, and just a simple dessert - triple layer chocolate coconut cake with homeade cream frosting.

But really, not everything was perfect. I did forget to fill the stockings. Oops! And although I did try to keep things eco-friendly and green, there were quite a few new plastic toys with lots of packaging in our house this morning. And while usually I try to stick to a mostly vegetarian diet, as you can see, our meal focused around this:


But hey, with a picky father-in-law sometimes you gotta just go with the meat. After all that cookin' and entertaining, I'm wiped. Now it's back to pastas and take out for the rest of the year! Hope your day was swell!!