Ty's Weblog » holiday http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage Things about my life. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:55:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Christmas Dinner http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/25/christmas-dinner/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/25/christmas-dinner/#comments Fri, 26 Dec 2008 00:07:32 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/?p=903 Kate hooked us up with an awesome Christmas dinner.  We had a ham she’d been cooking in the crock pot since before the rest of us came downstairs this morning.  Add to that stuffing, ambrosia, spinich souflle, and rolls, and then pumpkin pie for desest, and you’ve got a fine meal on your hands!

]]> http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/25/christmas-dinner/feed/ 0 Merrty Christmas http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/25/merrty-christmas/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/25/merrty-christmas/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 16:48:33 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/?p=901 We’ve had an exciting and busy morning.  Everyone has had a great time opening our wonderful presents.  We hope everyone else has had as enjoyable morning as we have.  We are getting ready to have breakfast now. :)

Merry Christmas everyone!

]]> http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/25/merrty-christmas/feed/ 0 Christmas Eve 2008 http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/24/christmas-eve-2008/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/24/christmas-eve-2008/#comments Thu, 25 Dec 2008 04:00:16 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/?p=896 We’ve had an exciting Christmas Eve.  Mira has a bad croupy cold, so that has curtailed our plans somewhat, but we have soildiered on.  Kate went out this morning to do our last minute food shopping for tomorrow.  Then after that she and Xander went out for coffee (which Xander had wanted to do yesterday) to just talk and hang out, which they both enjoyed.  I stayed here with Mira and we had a good time enjoying Max and Ruby together.

Our traditional sushi outing got curtailed a bit.  We had sushi in instead.  We’re planning to do our big sushi outing later, once Mira is feeling better.  She was up for going out and looking at Christmas lights though, which was enoyed by all.

After that, we came back home and the kids opened up two presents each.  One “normal” present, and then a special one which contained new PJs for each of them, which they were very excited to run upstairs and get into.  (Good thinking, Mommy!)

They are alseep by now (I hope) and we are just about done getting things ready for tomorrow.

Merry Christmas to everyone!  I hope you’ve had as enjoyable a Christmas Eve as we have.

]]> http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/24/christmas-eve-2008/feed/ 0 The Nutcracker http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/20/the-nutcracker/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/20/the-nutcracker/#comments Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:38:05 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/?p=886 So we took the kids to see The Nutcracker today.  It was performfed by The Loudoun Ballet Company.  We all enjoyed it very much.  Mira had a little trouble near the end, it was a little bit too long for her.  It was almost too long for Xander to, but he managed to keep focused to the end.  They both said they enjoyed it though and would like to see it again next year.  We all had a wonderful time.

]]> http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2008/12/20/the-nutcracker/feed/ 0 Merry Christmas! http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/12/25/merry-christmas-2/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/12/25/merry-christmas-2/#comments Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:55:55 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/12/25/merry-christmas-2/ Merry Christmas everyone!

My group woke up around 8am and we were ready and downstairs by 8:30 to start opening presents.  The kids were quite happy with the stuff that was waiting for them.  Xander got the guitar he’s been obsessing about and Mira got the play house that she has been wanting.  We opened a couple of rounds of presents and then paused to have some country ham biscuits for breakfast.  Then we got back to the presents and finished up around 11:30am.  We all are quite happy with the things we received from our loved ones.  Most of all, Kate and I enjoyed watching the kids faces as they opened each of their presents.  It’s been a great morning and it looks to be a busy and happy afternoon as well.

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We ran out this morning and got some food.  We had a turkey dinner for lunch, and I made meat loaf for supper, both of which were very good.  It wasn’t the spread we’d have seen at my parents, but it was still very nice.

Most importantly, we were together and able to enjoy each others company.  We have a lot to be thankful for, the greatest of which is each other.

]]> http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/11/22/happy-thanksgiving/feed/ 0 Halloween 2007 http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/10/31/halloween-2007/ http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/10/31/halloween-2007/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:58:44 +0000 tycage http://www.tycage.net/wp/tycage/2007/10/31/halloween-2007/ We had a great Halloween tonight.  Mira was dressed as Snow White, and Xander was dressed as a Knight.  We all had a wonderful time walking around the neighborhood and trick or treating.  We made our biggest circuit of the neighborhood yet, since the kids were more up for it this year.  We had a great time and the kids got a nice haul of candy that should last them a while!

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