BAM - The Annual Bake-Off

Today marked the annual Christmas season BAKE-OFF! Millie's Mom joined The Gardener in the kitchen this year. The Golfer provided back-up support as did The Executive Chef. The EC was *amazing* and baked and baked while in town for a Thanksgiving visit. Those goodies came out of the freezer this morning and were delivered this evening along with items baked today. Chocolate stars and cherries were very popular this year!

Sticking with tradition, The Gardner does the baking and assembly, The Golfer handles delivery. First delivery this year was to John and Diana across the street. Diana said to The Golfer "Where's your Santa hat?" so he pulled it off The Incredible Hulk in the Man's Den and donned it for future deliveries.

Thanks to Millie's Mom and The Executive Chef for all of their help this year. This event takes a lot to pull off, especially for someone not so great it the kitchen. When the Gardener was growing up, The Executive Chef always made treats and delivered them to the neighbors and she made it look so easy and enjoyable. This is HARD WORK! The Gardener needs tomorrow off from work!

BAM - The Karate Kid

Last Saturday night The Karate Kid stayed over and boy were he and The Gardener busy! He helped TGa wrap Christmas presents and he picked out all the bows! He also did a puzzle with TGa and specifically asked that the photo be posted in that place "where everyone looks at pictures". He may have meant a blog, he may have meant Facebook but one thing is for sure, TGa promised she would do it. Here it is! RoRo - please make sure he sees this posting!