Do you hear what I hear?

Last night was piano recital. Merry Christmas from the Crew.

Mother in Law For $200, please, Alex.

My mother in law is one of the smartest, most interesting- and interested- people I know. She is always learning and teaching us about, ...well... anything and everything. I can only best her in the pop culture category in Jeopardy :)
Case in point: Tonight we had a "trial run" Christmas dinner.  She was trying out a new method to cook turkey. No sooner do we enter the house and I hear "Merry Christmas. Who wants to see the spinal cord?"
Classic. She is the best. And we're smarter and better people because of her.

What Matters Most

If you're like me (and I hope I have some company) you have a To Do List that is nearly never ending, especially this time of year. But tonight I totally ignored it. Homework? Who knows..Haven't even looked at school agendas yet.  

Tonight we are just being together.

We ate dinner...very late...in front of the tele...and finished watching a Christmas classic. 

The antics of Marv, Harry and Kevin still make me laugh and cringe! 

Then, just before bed (because I drew the line at pulling an all nighter, Christmas movie marathon) we watched this:

His antics made me smile and get teary.

It was a very good night at the Stewart house.