Christmas Time Hornucopia - Part 6 & 7

There was some after-Christmas shopping to take care of.

Ada got her first taste of Mexican food. Viva El Fenix!

There was still a lot of playing to be done.

And Holding Baby Ada turns to be taken.

Taking fun walks with Daddy.

Group hugs.

Party time sink-baths.

Grammy Smith came by with a lovely Christmas gift for Ada.

Ada celebrated her first First Birthday party with us!

No Hat, Please!!

There were birthday gifts to open.

Great Grandad took photos with his iPad.

Speaking of someone loving to use an iPad...

We had a Cousins Measurement session. Ada is 30 inches tall!

It was a wonderful time. Thanks, everyone!!

Christmas Time Hornucopia - Part 5 - Boxing Day

The morning after Christmas began in grand style with Mimi's Famous Creamed Chip Beef for breakfast.

After that, it was all about SNOW. Checking snow in front.

Snow photos.

Touching snow.

Steely-eyed cowboy types watching out for dangerous snow.

Snow sliding (using Uncle Mark's brilliant plastic bag toboggan idea!)

Snow sliding with style.

Team snow sliding.

Snow sliding NOT with style.

When everyone was thouroughly cold and sated with sliding, action moved indoors to Gingerbread House construction. John was the champion builder.

Too soon, the Penna clan had to head for home.

And it was back to play time! Peek-a-boo!

Christmas Time Hornucopia - Part 4b - Christmas Day

It continued to snow, most of the day.

Back inside, the Christmas Day cooking commenced. Tony's Famous Kahuah Sweet Potatoes was a featured menu item.

Everyone pitched in.

Especially on pies.

Great Grandad came over to spend the day with us. He worked pretty hard.

While dinner was being prepared, there was time for playing with presents.

Games...

Hot Potato (don't be the one holding it when the bell rings!)...

The table was set...

The turkey was done.

It was a truly festive celebration of Christmas.

After dinner, the play continued. The kick-board was very popular.

Thanks for being the stalwart holder, Uncle Tony!

Especially in the face of mega-kicks! (That must have been scary!)

There were mega-blocks to be built - and torn down...

John focused in on building some Lego kits.

Ada kept on the go, keeping up with all the activities.

Reading is fun - except when the book won't do what an iPad is supposed to do.

Some of us sat and enjoyed the show, while the snow continued to fall.

Eventually, things started getting a little wild! Thanks for sharing your walker, Great-Grandad!

Finally, everyone gathered together for a solemn group photo.

And the day ended with a nice blanket of snow on the ground.