Jane had to knit
But Benjamin was there
by the tv to sit
And then, on Xmas morning,
Jane had to knit
But Benjamin was there
by the tv to sit
Lily and Sarah spent their time
pondering the hard questions
as they merged into one
still unable to answer the philosophical question of whether they
prepared suicide bombers to serial killers.
Later, in the kitchen, Jane
made her cake
as Sarah mixed
pieces of hers
with lots of cream cheese
as the kitchen showed signs of use
and the beaters
kept Jane busy
as Suzanne and Ben
played the globe game.
Sarah had an orange
as Suzanne read the rules
and the game went on
with the spatula
stirring and the toasted nuts
being preserved from the toasting
so that the cake
(not this one)
or this one
could be properly topped. The pot was ready
as Suzanne stirred away
and Sarah did some cleaning
before we could cook
and she chatted to Uncle Larry
about the other cakes
before Ben
announced that we had to drive off to get parking
so we could head to the theater
and see Cheaper by the Dozen . Afterwards, there was the
wait
in the refreshment line
so we could have nachos
which photographed best without flash
as Jane, Michelle Soffen and her friend
did their cheaper by the trio pose before we headed off.
Suzanne took the order
and then led the way
while we listened to the HAWK
as they played their music library.
Once at Sunny Garden, Suzanne and Jane
and then Ben
got the food so that we could come home to some
kitchen mess
and more cooking to be done
as we progressed
with more ingredients
until the batter
looked like this
and the final cookies
gave way to chopped nuts
as we made the ultimate wine sculpture
assembled some balls
added sauce
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lead them through the cookie phase until these
resulted.
At this point, the Jans arrived for dinner bearing this gift for Ben
and this gift
for me, though Suzanne
seemed to pose better with it. The gift certificate for Ben
and this package
which when slowly
opened
with paper removed
yielded one
then two
then three
of the characters
from Sponge Bob Square Pants which led to more activity in the kitchen
including some dish washing
as we prepared for dinner.
The food was out
and Ben chose this
even as the chocolate cake
was iced and the bowl licked
as a prelude to my soup
which photographed better
the second time as my rice
called out for bean curd
making a combo
I could take to the clean plate club
and wash down with a glass of water
to the amusement of the assembled
as Sarah
did her emerging from the bottle trick and Suzanne
Jan
and Jan
were glad to see Sarah fully emerged
as Noah
looked on at Sarah
an I made many tries
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and found some respect for the camera
as the assembled
got ready for the desserts
with the bushe de'Noel
wanting less light
to get the right picture
as another dessert
and another
emerged to be served
as yet another
and another
and another
emerged to the table so that the wide view
suggested we'd all be wider when the holidays were over.
This dessert
went well with the wine
nicely topped by the snowglobes
Ed Lazowska had sent.
There the desserts sat
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and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
and cut
until it was time for phone calls
and relaxing
untilt he candles were lit
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before it was time to adjourn to watch The Sting
with at least partial attention
until the Kramers arrived
and presented their evaluations of the desserts
to Sarah as Suzanne watched
Sarah evaluate
the feedback before Jane
encouraged Peter
to do the Harry Potter thing
as Suzanne knitted
Ben relaxed
and the movie ended
as did another Christmas.