So far it's been a wonderful visit. We left Plymouth after I got out of work around 4:00 and headed right down to Nashua. My cousins came over and my sisters and their families and the kids all opened their Christmas gifts. It was such a wonderful experience to see them opening gifts so enthusiastically and to se them so joyous about simple things like Star Wars t-shirts and Spiderman stuff and trains. I also got to hold my newborn niece Maria for a while and it was bliss. She's so tiny and soooooooooooooo cute! ^_^ After gifts the kids ganged up on memere (my mom) and pig-piled her on the dining room floor, so that was fun to watch.
After things settled down and everyone left, my cousin M. came home and we sat around talking for a while, which was nice. She offered![[profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
painted_wolf and me homemade empanadas and they were very tasty! While chatting I took the opportunity to chop celery, onions, herbs and bread for the homemade bread stuffing. By the time I finished, M. left and I started cooking the stuffing so it would be ready to go in the morning when I cook the turkey. We're having ham and turkey this year because we weren't sure if we were going to have enough ham for everyone. We had three turkeys in our freezer (hey, they were something like 39 cents per pound at Thanksgiving so you're darn right I was going to buy a few 15-pound turkeys at $5 each!) so I grabbed one and brought it with.
My mom's gone downstairs to sleep for the night and my dad will be getting up in half an hour for work. Once he's up, we can go to bed since we're sleeping in my parents' bed tonight. I have to get up early in the morning to get the turkey cooked before dinner. I'm looking forward to this! :D
After things settled down and everyone left, my cousin M. came home and we sat around talking for a while, which was nice. She offered
painted_wolf and me homemade empanadas and they were very tasty! While chatting I took the opportunity to chop celery, onions, herbs and bread for the homemade bread stuffing. By the time I finished, M. left and I started cooking the stuffing so it would be ready to go in the morning when I cook the turkey. We're having ham and turkey this year because we weren't sure if we were going to have enough ham for everyone. We had three turkeys in our freezer (hey, they were something like 39 cents per pound at Thanksgiving so you're darn right I was going to buy a few 15-pound turkeys at $5 each!) so I grabbed one and brought it with.My mom's gone downstairs to sleep for the night and my dad will be getting up in half an hour for work. Once he's up, we can go to bed since we're sleeping in my parents' bed tonight. I have to get up early in the morning to get the turkey cooked before dinner. I'm looking forward to this! :D
