Winter Break | Christmas Eve

This year, it was Christmas with the Pietrangelos, which means a 7-fish feat on Christmas Eve. While in the past, Heath has balked at this particular tradition, this year my family worked to provide some Heath-friendly options.

Appetizers:
Crab dip
Jumbo shrimp
Oysters

Pasta:
Spaghetti with white clam sauce
Spaghetti with red squid sauce

Main:
Scallops
Bakala (cod)

Heath also participated in this year's feast, making his (now famous) caramel popcorn, the rolls for dinner, as well as the toast and cinnamon rolls for brunch.

Violet was, of course, full of the Christmas spirit. While we enjoyed our many gifts (Heath liked his Shiatsu massager from my mother best), she reveled in her present: Follow Your Instinct toys from Costco. The duck, hedgehog and skunk make "lifelike" noise and Violet just LOVED them. By love, we mean attempted to shake them to death in her mouth. :-)



Aunt Renee purchased Vio some very cute Christmas PJs...




The decorations at mom's place...




Behold, the best of the rest...