Growing up my Grandma Ruggiero called December 23rd Christmas Adam,
because Adam came before Eve. This year we spent Christmas Adam at
Grandma Pat and Papa's house. Mom, Dave, Bianca, Kasi, Kennidy, Jill,
Joe, Alyse, Alyse's friend Joe, Kasi's boyfriend Brandon, Annie, Aunt
Mindi and Uncle Terry were all there. We don't always get together on
Christmas Adam, we generally get together the weekend before Christmas
and this year it just happened to fall on the 23rd. It was a great
evening of family, fun and laughter.
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| Uncle Terry and Aunt Mindi |
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| Brussel Sprouts anyone? |
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| Cecilia and the pile of presents |
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| Cecilia trying to figure out which present is hers. |
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| Grandma Pat and Cecilia |
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| Cecilia and Uncle Joe |
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| Me and my mom! |
What did we do all night? The usual:
chit chat, eat food, take pictures, skype Tina, eat food, open
presents, have a gingerbread house making contest, eat more food, watch
Dunkin vomit, and visit some more.
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| Jill and Grandma Pat |
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| Three Generations |
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| Four Generations |
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| Siblings: Uncle Terry and my mom |
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| Eww, my sister is kissing me! |
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| Grandma Pat and her kids |
Part
way through the night we decided we should Skype Tina. Luckily she was
available to chat! It was fun talking to Tina on Skype. She probably
was getting dizzy as the iPad was getting carried around the house so
she could talk to everyone.
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| Grandma Pat and Papa |
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| Aunt Kennidy and Vincent |
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| Brad and Kelli |
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Cecilia and Papa Razzi
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Pirate Vincent
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Alyse, Joe and Jill concentrating on their masterpiece
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Kasi, Brandon and Dave working on the ski slope
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Annie supervising Joe and Bianca
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As part of the forced
family fun we had 4 teams that all built whatever kind of gingerbread
house they wanted to. Grandma Pat was the judge. The team captains
were Brandon, Joe G., Joe M., and Brad. It was competitive and
spouses/significant others were not necessarily chosen first or in some
cases at all. Team 1: Brad, Kennidy, and Kelli. We were going to build
a barn but it wasn't working out so we abandoned that idea and made a
nativity scene. It was complete with animals built out of veggies. We
also had Brad's phone laying next to it playing "Away in the Manger."
Team 2: Dave, Brandon and Kasi. They built a ski slope. It was pretty
neat. Team 3: Jill, Joe G., and Alyse. They built a ski chateau with a
hot tub on the roof. Team 4: Joe M., Bianca and Annie. They made a
two story building with elaborate doors and a neat picture on the roof.
Team #1 won!
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| Vincent's Gingerbread Man |
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| Team #1: Nativity |
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| Team #2 Ski Slope |
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| Team #4: 2 Story Building |
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| Me and Kennidy |
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| Brad and Kennidy |
A one point in the night I was
trying to get Cecilia to nap in my grandparent's room when my sister
Alyse came storming in. Dunkin (her dog) had managed to eat half a
plate of a goat cheese dip, some pork and probably something else. She
was concerned. I told her if she wanted to make him vomit to give him
hydrogen peroxide. I was a little surprised when she reached into
Dunkin's bag and pulled out hydrogen peroxide, an oral dosing syringe,
and a long leash to tie him up outside. We all got a good laugh out of
her being so prepared! But it isn't the first time Dunkin has eaten
something he shouldn't!
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Brad and Dunkin.
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Aunt Kasi and Vincent pretending to be pirates. Vincent got a pirate set for Christmas
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We are lucky to be
loved by so many people and the kids were blessed with a lot of
goodies. Vincent was even asked to be a ring bearer in Aunt Jill and
Uncle Joe's wedding. He said yes, but I don't think he really knew what
he was agreeing too. It was a long, fun day and the kids barely made
it out of the subdivision awake!
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Kennidy and Annie...best friends
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Pirate Vincent, Aunt Kasi and Pirate Brandon
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Alyse and Joe
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Kennidy and Brad
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Jill and Joe
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