Baby's first Christmas

Hannah obviously received her big present from me earlier this year, but she grasped the opportunity to buy that one some nice gifts for his first time through.  As you would expect, the wrapping paper and boxes were of far more interest than the books and bath toys they contained, but Christmas lunch with its massively extended list of things to chew on went down very well.  Meg also had a bumper year, including ballet DVDs, a Nintendo DS, a miniature robotic shark...in my day we were happy with a satsuma and some brazil nuts.

Before all this indulgence we went to church.  It was the cathedral's morning eucharist, a little sparsely attended given the two midnight masses the night before, and nicely family focused.  For some reason there was a TV cameraman interviewing various people about why they were there and, you know, naturally he spotted my talent.  Meg, Ellen and I made the evening news, just before the Pope:

Watch us here.  The star above Bethlehem was not the only one shining brightly today!

In other news:



It tastes like Christmas!

Meg is more refined in her approach.

Another new taste: Pete tries goldfish for the first time.

A finely coutured pair.

Walking back from church on a fine Vancouver day.

Hannah makes a short pilgrimage to the Chevron barge.

Wow, more of that wrapping stuff!  This is the best Christmas ever!!

Sitting down to the proper food.

Mother and child.

Now that is a Christmas dinner.