Holiday Fun! And...an OH NO!

Happy Wednesday everyone. Yesterday I had the perfect vacation day-in my pajamas until 3 pm, lots of art and reading time. :) Well there was one little flaw to my day. My washing machine died on Monday night-it was smoking and stunk of burnt rubber. The culprit seems to be some worn bearings, which are a difficult and long job to replace, so I needed to go buy a new washing machine. UGH! Now I am waiting for it to be delivered while the piles of dirty laundry get taller. But it is coming Thursday, so all should be good.
But other than that snafu my holiday vacation is going well. Today I have a few holiday photos to share.
Starting above with this beautiful quiltlet that my friend Elizabeth sent to me. I love it! (You might have seen this back on Monday on Elizabeth's blog Altered Book Lover.) Right now it is hanging on my Christmas tree. :)

I started my break by going with my daughter to visit my mom. She is 87 and lives in this wonderful assisted living complex down in Massachusetts, about 2 hours away.  She has no short term memory,  but her long term memory is good.  We had a fun visit that included 2 fire alarms going off and us having to remain in place until the fire department arrived to shut them off. Luckily they were false alarms.

I also gave her this GIANT box of chocolates, as my mother has always loved chocolate and always liked to get a small box for Christmas. Her eyes bugged out when she saw this big one. But when you are 87 you might as well enjoy!

And the dogs had stockings filled to the brim with  toys and a few treats.  They were very happy pups.

And very interested to see what Santa brought them.

Our family tradition is to have a big Christmas morning breakfast, most of which my husband cooks. I did make some pastries, but he enjoys frying up some bacon, sausage and eggs for a special holiday treat.

And look at this funny Santa flying his bi-plane.  You switch it on the propeller lights up and says Merry Christmas.

 My daughter and her boyfriend Zach made my husband this corn hole game. They made stencils of our college logos and used them to make these fantastic insignias. They figured it would be fun for a little college rivalry- since our schools are actually huge rivals.  My daughter sewed up the bags to toss and you try to get the bags into the holes on these bases. Zach built them and together they painted them  These will be fun to use in the summer when we can put them out on the lawn. I got my husband this silly (but very appropriate) T shirt.

 I think he's about the rest his eyes in this photo.

 And I got a bigfoot/sasquatch scarf from my daughter.  What a riot.

And a new scarf and some matching mittens for hockey games from my husband.

And look at this silly girl with her new dog goggles. :) She liked them, being the stylish pup she is.

And the lover dog she is.

The hubby loved his new hat and football jersey.
I guess we are all just big kids at heart.
Thanks for stopping by for a visit.