This year, we had a Christmas dinner at my parents’ place. First, Mo demanded a turkey. Then, he decided a 10 lb turkey wasn’t large enough, even though there were three other main dishes. After the dinner, he was reluctant to send leftovers home with our guests. Guess who is currently working through a 4L container of turkey.

We spent Christmas day at Helen and Ken’s with Tony, Tammy, Samantha, and the zoo (Sally, Sable, Maggie, and Karma). There is a never a dull moment when you have that many pets around.

We also attended a potluck at David and Eva’s. I was quite jealous; they have a large kitchen with a lot of counter space, which is exactly what Eric and I are looking for. It was a fun night, despite Eric losing his poker buy-in :p

We also spent a couple of days in Kingston visiting Tim and Elaine. Most of our time there was spent catching up, but we did manage to go for a short walk on the main strip, which was decorated quite nicely. It was incredibly cold though… guess we were spoiled by the nice weather we’ve had in T.O.

As some of you may recall, last Christmas we found a dog on our driveway and took him in for the morning until we could get in contact with his owners. Well, this Christmas, Mo thought we lost a dog. I woke up to Eric and Mo having a conversation at 2:30 a.m. It turns out Mo had checked every nook and cranny of the house, but Cujo was nowhere to be found. We all scurried around the house in the middle of the night like naughty children trying to sneak a peek at our presents. Finally, I brought out a torch light and starting scanning my parents’ bedroom hoping to find Cujo under the bed. I think Cujo may have found this new game entertaining, much like cats and laser pointers. He finally showed himself from under an ironing board and behind about five laundry baskets. I swear he is becoming more cat like everyday!