{"id":1395,"date":"2009-12-26T11:55:50","date_gmt":"2009-12-26T16:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2010-04-23T19:57:06","modified_gmt":"2010-04-23T23:57:06","slug":"merry-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1395","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2341\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC059371.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2341 \" title=\"DSC05937\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC059371-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC059371-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC059371-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">William and his new knife.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Christmas morning: Morgane wakes up and finds stockings on the dashboard of the van. &#8220;How did Santa get in here?&#8221; she wonders.<\/p>\n<p>Then we opened her bag of presents and she was very happy to get some more calico critters to play with. My dad also sent her (and us) some money so she could pick something out and she is looking forward to that!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1396\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1396\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05891.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1396\" title=\"DSC05891\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05891-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05891-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05891-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1396\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgane loved playing with Cinder, Madeleine&#39;s youthful cat.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Merry Christmas everyone! We may not be with you, but we missed you. Just know that we did eat well and  we were welcomed to a Christmas gathering in San Antonio.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1397\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05906.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1397\" title=\"DSC05906\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05906-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05906-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05906-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1397\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amber&#39;s perfectly cooked ducks.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We ate prime rib and duck, sweet potatoes and Madeleine&#8217;s amazing cranberry-horseradish dip. We cooked cocktail sausages (hot dogs) in maple syrup and they were a hit &#8211; they all got eaten. For dessert there was lots of pie and cookies.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1398\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1398\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05904.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1398\" title=\"DSC05904\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05904-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05904-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05904-685x1024.jpg 685w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1398\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The instant snow Morgane got in her stocking was a real hit! It felt funny, but it was just enough to make a snowman with.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Morgane had some very nice girls to play with &#8211; one her own age and two like big sisters. She received a bag of surprises from Madeleine so full that she exclaimed, &#8220;I KNEW this was going to be the best Christmas!&#8221; She especially loves her pink pony stuffie and her pet shop activity book (which she hasn&#8217;t stopped working on). We were spoiled as well and given some Texas music, postcards, books and spicy sauces to liven up our daily cooking.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1399\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1399\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05925.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1399\" title=\"DSC05925\" src=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05925-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05925-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/DSC05925-1024x685.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Morgane hugs her new pony.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A big thanks to Madeleine and Missy and everyone else for welcoming us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas morning: Morgane wakes up and finds stockings on the dashboard of the van. &#8220;How did Santa get in here?&#8221; she wonders. Then we opened her bag of presents and she was very happy to get some more calico critters to play with. My dad also sent her (and us) some money so she could &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/?p=1395\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Merry Christmas!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2342,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1395\/revisions\/2342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghislaindemers.com\/ramblingthree\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}