It was such a lovely sunny day.
I made the dog sit in the picture so that you could see the scale of the huge cactus that is in our front yard.
And don't step on those spines--you won't like it. I know from experience.
When we first moved into our house I looked at our driveway that slopes down into the arroyo and thought it might just be a good sledding spot.
Well the boys tried it late in the day, and though it's not any ski run or anything I think they had a good time.
Max was psyched out of his mind. He was walking around warbling Christmas carols and vibrating with excitement.
He helped Kris wrap presents for a few hours in the morning while Kathy and I worked on cooking (cookies and dinners). He came out and showed us each gift when it was done. He was so proud and excited. It was very cute.
Poor Sandy was not so excited. He was on steroids for his cough by then and they were making him tired and cranky. He also probably had an ear infection. He was sad and droopy and cranky and not himself.
He slept a lot.
Poor poor baby!
We spent the morning cooking and getting things ready. We tried to keep Max entertained, which was tough. But he did ok.
Then we went and had lunch downtown and went to REI to find Kathy some good winter clothes so we could go and see the lights on Canyon Road in Santa Fe--a classic Santa Fe tradition we wanted to try out.
Part two tomorrow! It was definitely a fun day.
Christmas Eve is probably my all time favorite holiday. It's the best.
