Christmas in Dubai and Maggie Pics

Since Jaclyn and I will both be back in Illinois for Christmas, and because we will be uber-busy when we are there, we celebrated the Adam-Jaclyn-Maggie Christmas on Dec. 11th this year. As far as we could tell, we did a pretty good job with our first Christmas.

It all started on the evening before (the 10th), when Jac and I made Christmas cookies. It turns out that neither of us are especially fond of sugar Christmas cookies, but we made them anyway. At least with the cookies, we had something to give to the neighbors. Jaclyn whipped up the cookies and icing (it may have been frosting, I cannot remember the difference) from scratch and we made a proper (British term) mess.

At one point, Maggie got ahold of something in her mouth that I did not want her to eat. I promptly went after her to pry it out of her mouth. As you can see, 'Maggie' became 'Spot' for about 20 minutes. It was just too cute to clean her off.

The next morning we celebrated Christmas (complete with our $2.75 tree and $40 limit on gifts). It was fun, and Maggie really liked ripping into the presents.

After the gifts, we proceeded into making brunch. Within about 2 hours Jaclyn was able to whip up quiche (with home-made crust), coffee cake, and biscuits all from scratch (she is really a top-notch wife and cook). I offered my assistance as her Indian Chef (the real term is pronounced 'soo-chef', which I can only assume to be spelled 'Sioux', which is obviously a tribe of American Indians) and by making the gravy. It was quite a feast, but it is kind of a let-down when we spent so long cooking and only the two of us got to enjoy the food. Christmas Day continued with naps and movies. All-in-all, it was a great success.

I took Jaclyn to the airport on the night of Dec. 15th for her return to the US. I will be leaving on the night of the 23rd. Hope to see you soon.

Adam