The rest of the Christmas cheer, posted a day late

December 26, 2024

And here's the promised photos of the rest of our Christmas fun.

We unwrapped the rest of our gifts yesterday, but I just got around to posting photos.

First there's my mom showing off a book my dad got her, and she's showing an almost sarcastic level of joy:

my parents opening gifts and showing off gifts. My mom is showing an almost sarcastic level of joy at this book, a copy of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon, which my dad thought would sound interesting to her.

Then my dad showing off the set of walkie talkies that my mom got, which she thought would help out with their situation of having a hard time communicating across the house, or even across rooms, because my dad is hard of hearing:

My dad showing off his new walkie talkies

And here are the blue sweat pants that I got, which should be great while it's still cold outside, until our requisite two weeks of cool weather per year has expired:

a pair of blue sweat pants that I received for Christmas

And my dad got my mom an insulated mug, similar but much larger than the insulated cup he got her for her birthday:

My mom showing off the insulated mug she got from my dad

And this is one of the two ice cream maker bowls we got for each other this year. I was supposed to order three of them, but somehow only got two:

A Zoku ice cream maker bowl, in box, sitting on a tray table

And this is the cat mug I picked out for my dad, a last minute choice from the Lang calendar store where we ordered our requisite dead tree wall calendars of the year:

A cat themed coffee mug, conveniently styled with a tuxedo cat, which I got for my dad

And this was the sweat pants we got for my dad, in a different color, along with another Zoku ice cream maker bowl:

A pair of green sweat pants, and a Zoku ice cream maker bowl, in a different color

Bonus: Paying the pet tax, with some snaps of Abigale, one of our two cats, playing with the catnip toy pillows we bought them for Christmas. Another success story:

Abigale the cat checking out the catnip pillows

Abigale played with these pillows for a while, attacking them happily

Abby the cat, kicking the catnip pillow with her back feet while standing up

And now Abby the tuxedo cat is chawing on the toy and kicking it while laying down

All in all, a great success, and a happy day.

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